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The chairman of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) Mihai Poalelungi said, in an interview, for MoldovaCurată.md that he would promote the idea of criminal liability for slander. “Journalists shouldn't take it personally, but I will do everything in my power to promote the idea of reinstating criminal sanctions for slander into the Criminal Code of Moldova,” he said, and then he gave the example of another European country: “I like giving the example of Germany, a democratic country where I like everything. (…) It has about five or six criminal articles concerning defamation and verbal abuse. Why is it that a highly democratic country has such provisions, and we have none?”
The reaction of the SCJ chairman came after the publication of some accusations, according to which he allegedly protected his drug dealing nephews. Sometime later journalists wrote about a five million lei credit that the judge supposedly took from Victoriabank.
“I had hepatitis and my condition was critical. At that time, my doctor advised me to have a transplant in Italy. I needed money, so I borrowed from the bank. Luckily, there was eventually no need in transplant. To be honest, when I was filling in my property statement, I assumed that I would have trouble with the 500 thousand lei. I’m sorry that the media took the information about five million lei without verifying it or even asking for my opinion,” explained the SCJ chairman. To read the full interview, visit www.moldovacurata.md.
Calumny, defamation and insult were withdrawn from the Criminal Code of Moldova in 2005 in an attempt to align the legislation to European standards. Now, Article 16 of the Civil Code still has some provisions related to defamation, which can influence the amount of financial compensation for moral damages in court cases.
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