The businessman Veaceslav Platon filed last night a request where it’s says that he is announcing his nomination for Presidential elections. Today, at 14:00, he may go to the CEC to register his initiative group. The information was confirmed for Deschide.MD by his lawyer, Ion Vazdoaga.

The CEC officials stated that the request was signed by Platon's wife.

"At 15:00 was submitted a request in which Veaceslav Platon informs CEC about his intention of participating at the Presidential elections and claims that he already has formed his initiative group. At the same time, he asked CEC to inform him the day and the hour when he can come to register his initiative group", stated the Press officer of CEC, Rodica Sarbu.

Lawyers contacted by our editorial office told us that in case that Platon will be registered at the CEC, he will have to collect the signatures, and afterwards the court will have to decide if to let him out or not. 

In turn, Platon's advocate says that yesterday CEC coordinated along with DIP the escort of Platon to CEC to submit the documents, but today the detention institution "invented" a reason not to get him out of there. At the same time, the CEC officials are denying the fact that they discussed with another institution about Platon's arrival and submission of the necessary documents.  

"They placed a note on the prison door that because of a pretended quarantine period, the entering and exiting the institution is forbidden, although other prisoners are having a normal day, they are going to court...etc", said Vazdoaga.

 

When they were called for an explication, the DIP told us that they will call us back, after they will inquire on the matter.

 

(UPDATE) The Attorney Ion Vazdoaga, which is at the 13th Penitentiary, told us that on the door of the institution appeared a new note: the access is forbidden until 14:00

We remind you that a similar situation happened in 2015, when Ilan Shor, while placed in house arrest, being investigated for bank frauds, enrolled in the Electoral race. More than that, he won the post of the Mayor of Orhei, and today the citizens of Orhei are protesting on his behalf.

It is also very important to remind you the statements of the Ukrainian advocate, Gleb Saghida at the end of July, who stated that Platon is an Ukrainian citizen from the year of 2002 and that Platon give up the Moldovan and the Russian Federation citizenship due to personal reasons. "When Platon was deputy in the neighboring country, he was a victim of the oppression of the actual Government". The defender claims that the arrest of Platon is a political order, and Ukraine is preparing to extradite a citizen that is a foreigner.   

Veaceslav Platon was extradited in the Republic of Moldova on August 29th 2016. On August 30th, the businessman was placed in custody for 30 days at the 13th Penitentiary from Chisinau.

He is charged in two cases, money laundering and defalcation of funds in big proportions. After the searches, made at Victoriabank, Moldinconbank, Moldova Agroindbank and ASITO insurance company, the anti-corruption prosecutors found documents that could prove the connection of Platon with the theft of the billion from the banking system.