Non-violation of the presumption of innocence in relation to a former Member of Parliament during a procedure for the waiver of his parliamentary immunity
JUDGMENT Filat v. Democracy of Moldova 07.12.2021 (ap. no. 11657/16) see here The case concerned criminal proceedings which had led, in 2016, to Mr Filat being sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for passive bribery and influence peddling. Mr Filat was Prime Minister from 2009 to 2013, and was a party leader and MP at the […]