Moldovan Prosecutor General's Office to have new adviser on behalf of European Union

Chisinau, 7 June /MOLDPRES/ - The Prosecutor General’s Office (PG) will have a new senior international adviser on policies on behalf of the European Union starting from today, the PG has reported.

According to PG’s press service, Adviser Aivars Ostapko was elected as a result of a contest organized by the European Union Delegation in Chisinau, in order to back the Prosecution in the process of institutional reformation and modernization.   

Interim Prosecutor General Eduard Harunjen voiced confidence that the expert would meet the institutional expectations, as he had managed to be chosen following a rigorous selection of applications received from specialists of diverse European states.

“This support will be quite welcome, especially in the present conditions, when solid reforms in the prosecution system are underway, and the experience of the adviser will bring a fresh approach on problems faced by the Moldovan prosecutors in their work, in order to ensure functional changes and mechanisms,” a communiqué by the Prosecutor General’s Office reads.

The PG press service also said that, during the first month of work within Prosecutor General’s Office, the adviser would elaborate an action plan, proceeding from the studying of the system and new legislative provisions which regulate the activity of prosecutors. The European expert said that this would allow laying the foundations of the project due to be carried out in 2016. The adviser will monthly work out detailed reports, in which he will show both the results and priorities for future, for a better enforcement of the project and settlement of initiatives on reforming the Prosecutor General’s Office through cooperation.   

Aivars Ostapko is the third adviser on behalf of EU to assist PG in the institutional reformation process, after the expiration of the mandates of experts Holger Helmbach and Virginijus Sabutis.  

(Reporter P. Beregoi, editor M. Jantovan)