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Itar-Tass November 21, 2009 Moldovan Prosecutor General’s Office drops all charges against Pasat -Pasat was accused of trying to organize a state coup during parliamentary elections in 2005 and the murder of opposition co-leader Iurie Rosca. CHISINAU: The Moldovan Prosecutor General’s Office has dropped all criminal charges against former defense minister and director of the Moldovan Information and Security Service Valeriu Pasat. Pasat told the media on Friday he had received a confirmation from the Prosecutor General’s Office. He was taken into custody in March 2005, and sentenced to ten years in custody in January 2006 for the illegal selling of weaponry in the capacity of the Moldovan defense minister. In July 2006 the Chisinau Appeal Chamber found Pasat not guilty of selling 20 Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter jets to the United States. He headed for Moscow immediately after the release from prison in summer 2007. The defense asked for complete acquittal, but the Prosecutor General’s Office brought new charges. Pasat was accused of trying to organize a state coup during parliamentary elections in 2005 and the murder of opposition co-leader Iurie Rosca. Besides, he was charged with arms contraband (two pistols presented to Pasat by foreign defense ministers) and abuse of office (he did not transfer the pistols to the state). Pasat described the charges as a reprisal for his cooperation with the opposition in the parliament elections of 2005. That was the opposition to the Party of Communists. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.infotag.md/news-en/581221/ Infotag (Moldova) November 19, 2009 MOLDOVAN GOVERNMENT RECALLS MORE AMBASSADORS -Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca remarked during the Cabinet meeting that ambassadors are supposed to represent and promote their country’s interests in the states they work. However, he said, the above diplomats “were distorting Moldova’s image abroad”. Chisinau: At its ordinary working meeting held on Wednesday afternoon, the Moldovan government decided to call home a number of its Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. These are: Ion Robu – Ambassador to Georgia and Azerbaijan; Eugenia Chistruga – Ambassador to the Council of Europe; Valeriu Bobutac – Ambassador to Belarus; Valerian Cristea – Ambassador to the Czech Republic; Lydia Gutu – Ambassador to Bulgaria; Victoria Eftodi – Ambassador to France. Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca remarked during the Cabinet meeting that ambassadors are supposed to represent and promote their country’s interests in the states they work. However, he said, the above diplomats “were distorting Moldova’s image abroad”. Iurie Leanca acknowledged that on the foreign ministry’s staff list, there is only one professional diplomat having a profiled university diploma, and all the rest of the employees have no special education. On which Prime Minister Filat stated that the ambassadors being recalled from abroad “shall not be replenishing the staff of the foreign ministry” upon coming back home. The Cabinet has approved a number of appointments to various governmental posts. Thus, Andrei Popov, a Democratic Party parliamentarian, has been appointed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Sergiu Ciobanu – as Deputy Minister of Economy, and Lucia Spoiala – as Director of the National Bureau of Statistics. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected] or [email protected] Daily digest option available. ==============================
