Prosecutors on March 16 issued an indictment over passive corruption against Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Eduard Grama. Later today the prosecutors are to submit a requisition to suspend Grama from the post of minister to the Cabinet, IPN reports.
According to the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office, the minister on March 15 received medical care after he complained about health problems during questioning. Given the operation on heart that he underwent earlier, doctors decided that Grama should have some additional medical examinations.
On March 16, a council of doctors decided that the minister will remain under medical supervising in a specialized institution. The doctors are to transmit all the medical documents based on which such a decision was taken to prosecutors.
Minister Eduard Grama was arrested on corruption charges on March 15. He is suspected of taking bribe for contributing to the transfer of 9.9 hectares of land belonging to the Chisinau College of Winegrowing and Winemaking to a business entity based in Stauceni.
