Viorel Chetraru will keep his job as director at the reorganized anti-corruption agency if his nomination is endorsed by Parliament. He was selected by the Parliament’s Legal Commission from among 18 candidates who were evaluated today in written tests and individual interviews.
The Communist members of the Commission didn't participate in the candidates' evaluation. MP Sergiu Sirbu stated earlier that the Alliance had already made its choice and the selection process was merely an enactment of a pretense. In retort, Lib-Dem MP Tudor Deliu suggested that the Communists should go ahead and check the candidates' papers.
Parliament is to pronounce a decision on Viorel Chetraru's nomination until October 1 when the Center for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption is due to become the National Anticorruption Center.
Speaker Marian Lupu stated earlier that the appointment of the Anticorruption Center's director would be included on the Parliament's agenda as soon as a nominee was selected. Lupu added that the Legal Commission's decision was basically decisive as the Parliament's makeup was proportionally represented in the Commission.
Viorel Chetraru was appointed director of the Center for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption in 2009. Under the Eurointegration Alliance's founding agreement, the Democratic Party had the privilege of proposing the leadership of the CCCEC.