Prime Minister Maia Sandu came to the Superior Council of Magistrates sitting on Tuesday morning and said that the SCM must immediately start cleansing the justice system from judges who discredit it.

The visit of the European Parliamentarians to Chisinau is a signal of the European Union's support for the ambitious plan of reforms stated by the new Government of Moldova, stated the delegation head, Deputy Speaker of the European Parliament Heidi Hautala (Finland), a Member of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance.

Moldova President Igor Dodon has assured European Parliament deputies that the new Moldovan leadership will be fulfilling all the country's international agreements signed before, the head of state wrote on his Facebook page describing the meeting he had in Chisinau on Monday with a European Parliament delegation led by Deputy Speaker Heidi Hautala (Finland), a Member of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance. The meeting was attended by Ambassador Peter Michalko, the Head of the European Union Delegation to the Republic of Moldova.

Just two weeks after the appointment of the new Government, the Moldovan Ministry of Justice changed its head again. On Monday morning President Igor Dodon signed the Order on appointing Olesea Stamate as new minister, after Stanislav Pavlovschi tendered resignation from the post on Sunday.

Vlad Plahotniuc, who fled from Moldova last week, has announced his resignation as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova, but confirmed his remaining a Member of the Moldovan Parliament.

Moldova President Igor Dodon has stated that for restoration of constitutional stability in the country, it is necessary to make all Constitutional Court Members resign.

On Friday, the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe analyzed the decisions taken by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova on June 7-9 [on illegitimacy of the new Parliament, on brief suspension of President from office and other] and arrived at the following conclusion: the Council of Europe’s constitutional law experts found that the conditions for the dissolution of parliament clearly did not exist in the Republic of Moldova on 7 or 8 June 2019.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Nicolae Popescu stated at the press briefing on Friday that the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova to the State of Israel is remaining in Tel Aviv. That was how Popescu reacted to the announcement made last week by the previous Government of Prime Minister Pavel Filip to shift the Embassy over to Jerusalem.

The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe believes that all Members of the Moldovan Constitutional Court should tender resignation, says Nicolae Esanu, the State Secretary of the Moldovan Ministry of Justice, who represents the Moldovan Government at the Venice Commission sitting.

Moldovan Constitutional Court Chairman Mihai Poalelungi tendered resignation on Thursday, the Court reported briefly on its official website.

At its working meeting held on Thursday, the Moldovan Government made further changes in executive power structures.

The pro-European political bloc ACUM has consciously took the risks of cooperation with the Party of Socialists for the sake of liberating the country from the Plahotniuc regime, Prime Minister Maya Sandu, an ACUM Co-Chairperson, stated on the Moldova-1 public television channel on Wednesday night.

Deputy Chairman of the Democratic Party Andrian Candu said on television on Wednesday that leader of the DP Vlad Plahotniuc will come back to Moldova soon.

Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn has called the compromise-like stance on Moldova, achieved by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the United States, “a unique phenomenon in the world politics”.

Moldova President Igor Dodon believes that the Transnistrian conflict should be settled carefully and without haste.

Moldovan Prime Minister Maia Sandu discussed the situation in the country with Ambassador Peter Michalko, Head of the European Union Delegation to Moldova and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USA to Moldova Dereck J. Hogan on Wednesday.

The Moldovan Parliament is going to investigate the coup attempt made by the Democratic Party on June 8-14.

The Democratic Party’s initiative on creating a commission for investigating the circumstances of possible threat to Moldova’s state security from receiving of external financing by political parties was declined by the Parliament on Tuesday.

Moldova President Igor Dodon has called to declare a moratorium on ideological and geopolitical differences so that to save the parliamentary majority and the new Government. In his Address to Citizens, the President stated that this is an indispensable condition for struggle against the former criminal regime.

Prime Minister Maia Sandu has assured Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn that the new Moldovan leadership will continue to implement the EU-Moldova Association Agreement. This and other questions were discussed in the telephone conversation the two officials had this past Saturday shortly after the new Cabinet of Ministers had started its regular activities and had held its first working meeting in the de-blocked Government Building.