Andrei Curăraru, public policy expert
August 11, 2025
The Resolution of the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia is the instrument through which the Shor network removes the Guțul case from the criminal framework and places it within the political framework in order to mobilize the electorate and delegitimize the justice system.
On August 6, 2025, Comrat responded in an unexpected way. Just one day after the Chișinău Court of Appeal sentenced Evghenia Guțul to seven years in prison for illegal financing of the Șor Party, the Gagauzia People’s Assembly (APG) and the Executive Committee adopted a joint resolution. The text of the resolution openly rejects the court’s ruling, claiming it is “a politically motivated act directed against the Gagauz people.” It reaffirms Guțul as the legitimate başkan and brands any attempt to remove her as an attack on Gagauzia’s autonomy. This was no emotional outburst. It was a tactical shift. Rather than defending itself in the legal arena, where prosecutors presented evidence of over 40,000,000 lei channeled from Russia, payments for protesters, and nine rapid cash deliveries in a single day, the Șor network moved the dispute into politics and constitutional interpretation. The focus switched from “illegal funds” to “violated political rights”. In this new arena, identity politics and mobilization work faster — and more effectively — than legal arguments.