Ilan Shor without MP mandate

Chisinau, 27 April /MOLDPRES/- Today parliament considered a draft decision finding out the de jure ceasing of the capacity of lawmaker of Ilan Shor. It was voted by 56 MPs. At the same time, it sees that one mandate of MP, which belongs to the Shor Political Party was declared vacant. 

MP of BCS Faction Vladimir Voronin made fun of the issue noting that the situation is a difficult one, as the vacant mandate at the Shor Party belongs to Vladimir Vitiuc, who has unfinished criminal cases, and in case of his conviction, the mandate will be taken over by Violeta Ivanov, who is also being investigated by the law enforcement officers.

On 13 April 2023, after two days of judicial discussions, the Chisinau Court of Appeal pronounced the operative part of the judgement in the Shor file, which is part of the Bank Fraud file, according to which Ilan Shor was recognized guilty and a final ruling was taken on his imprisonment for 15 years in a close-type penitentiary, with the deprivation of the right to hold offices in the banking system for a five-year period. Under the ruling, Ilan Shor is to return more than 5.2 billion lei (260 million euros).