Teo Carnat, executive director of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, considers that the political instability is the main reason why the examination of the cases concerning the April 7, 2009 events is delayed. ”The judges do not want to assume duties and to rapidly pronounce on these cases owing to the political instability, the non-election of the head of state and the future local elections. They prefer to delay their examination than to pass judgment on them,” Teo Carnat stated for Info-Prim Neo. Several of the cases to which Teo Carnat refers were opened against former Minister of the Interior Gheorghe Papuc, ex-commissioner general of Chisinau Vladimir Botnari, former chief of the municipal police Iacob Gumenita, suspended police officer Ion Perju, and former Deputy Minister of the Interior Valentin Zubic. Teo Carnat said that another reason for the delay is that the injured parties do not want to take part in the hearings. “The injured parties are subjected to psychological torture when they are questioned. They are treated like criminals, not like victims,” said Teo Carnat. He also said that in order to get at the truth, the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Security and Information Service, the Ministry of the Interior and the Security Council should have created specialized groups to objectively examine the causes of the April 2009 events that led to the use of torture, the destruction of state property and other consequences. ”The authorities pretended to be dealing with the investigation of those events. They had the instruments needed to establish who was to blame for the devastation of the Parliament Building and the Presidential Office and which of the police officers resorted to inhuman and degrading treatment. But, as they say, dogs do not eat dogs,” Teo Carnat said. Nine of the five cases mentioned have been finished yet. The first case against Gheorghe Papuc and Vladimir Botnari was started on March 9, 2010. The two generals are accused of misconduct in office that resulted in the death of Valeriu Boboc and other serious consequences. A new hearing on this case will take place on May 10. The legal case against Iacob Gumenita was sent to court on May 26, 2010. The former police chief is prosecuted for misuse of power by police officers on the night of April 8, 2009. The trial will continue on April 29. A new hearing in the case against the suspended policeman Ion Perju will be held on April 11. The case was remitted to court on June 2, 2010. Ion Perju is charged with beating Valeriu Boboc, who died as a result of his injuries. The case against Valentin Zubic was sent to court on March 10, 2011. The former Deputy Minister of the Interior is accused of misconduct in office during the April 2009 events, which resulted in the death of Valeriu Boboc and other serious consequences. Hundreds of young people took to the streets on April 7, 2009, protesting against the results of the April 5 parliamentary elections. The peaceful protests degenerated into riots and violence. The Parliament Building and the Presidential Office were devastated. Many young people were arrested and taken to police stations, where they were maltreated and tried for violating public order and for vandalism. Valeriu Boboc died as a result of the injuries that he received when he was beaten by police officers in Chisinau’s central square.