{"id":1676,"date":"2019-09-29T15:38:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T13:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zdg.md\/eng\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2019-09-29T15:38:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T13:38:51","slug":"former-democrat-party-deputy-constantin-tutu-prosecuted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/former-democrat-party-deputy-constantin-tutu-prosecuted\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Democrat Party Deputy Constantin \u0162u\u021bu, Prosecuted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Former Democrat Deputy Constantin \u0162u\u021bu is under investigation by the Anticorruption Prosecutor&#8217;s Office for influence peddling. The Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court issued a 30-day arrest warrant in his name, in absentia on September 27, 2019. However, the deputy fled the country in June 2019. <\/strong>&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 30-day arrest warrant the Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court ordered is the default sentence for an unjustified absence when summoned by the Law Institutions.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former\u2019s deputy\u2019s ex-lawyer, Boris Dru\u021b\u0103, confirmed this information to the news portal <a href=\"http:\/\/moldovacurata.md\/news\/view\/constantin-tutu-dat-in-urmarire\">Moldova Curat\u0103<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;The investigative judge awarded an arrest warrant on September 26, and I instantly challenged it with an appeal to the Court of Appeal. I questioned it because I disagree. The accusation is somewhat questionable. The warrant was issued in absentia. They are searching for Constantin \u021au\u021bu and he is not in the country,\u201d<\/em> Boris Dru\u021b\u0103 told <a href=\"http:\/\/moldovacurata.md\/news\/view\/constantin-tutu-dat-in-urmarire\">Moldova Curat\u0103<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the lawyer, the date of the Court of Appeals\u2019 examination has not yet been set.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former deputy is being investigated on the basis of Article 326 of the Moldovan Criminal Code \u2013&nbsp; influence peddling \u2013 and is accused of having asked for and taken 20,000 euros from the relatives of a man arrested in autumn 2017.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Constantin \u021au\u021bu allegedly promised to influence the prosecutors and intervene to have the arrested man released. It is not yet clear why the case was only begun two years after the crimes have been committed.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Constantin \u0162u\u021bu was a deputy in the Democratic Party faction from 2014-2018, under the party leader Vladimir Plahotniuc. The deputy left Moldova in June 2019, after the change of government.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/zdg.md\/eng\/investigative\/will-moldova-and-switzerland-cooperate-to-investigate-plahotniuc\"><strong>Will Moldova and Switzerland Cooperate to Investigate Plahotniuc?<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/zdg.md\/eng\/investigative\/why-is-the-prosecutors-office-investigating-plahotniucs-2011-transactions\"><strong>Why is the Prosecutor\u2019s Office Investigating Plahotniuc\u2019s 2011 Transactions?<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Democrat Deputy Constantin \u0162u\u021bu is under investigation by the Anticorruption Prosecutor&#8217;s Office for influence peddling. The Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court issued a 30-day arrest warrant in his name, in absentia on September 27, 2019. However, the deputy fled the country in June 2019. &nbsp; The 30-day arrest warrant the Chi\u0219in\u0103u Court ordered is the default sentence&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8,4],"tags":[],"autor":[],"class_list":["post-1676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-people","category-political"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former Democrat Party Deputy Constantin \u0162u\u021bu, Prosecuted - Ziarul de Gard\u0103<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/former-democrat-party-deputy-constantin-tutu-prosecuted\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Democrat Party Deputy Constantin \u0162u\u021bu, Prosecuted - Ziarul de Gard\u0103\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Democrat Deputy Constantin \u0162u\u021bu is under investigation by the Anticorruption Prosecutor&#8217;s Office for influence peddling. 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