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Nadejda Hriptievski, jurist of the Legal Resources Center, said the situation in the justice sector in Moldova is now much worse than the previous years. According to her, the last report by the United States Department of State on Moldova<\/a> is very rich in examples that point to the public authorities\u2019 very selective attitude to a lot of things, IPN reports.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the report signals a lot of fear and the harassment of people who do not agree with the authorities. Reference is made to the political opponents and the mass media,\u201d the jurist stated in the talk show \u201cExpertise house\u201d on Jurnal TV channel.<\/p>\n According to former judge Domnica Manole, the Superior Council of Magistracy does not perform its duties to self-manage the judicial system and to defend the independence of the judiciary. \u201cThe Council turned into a body that exerts pressure on judges. The Council members are the Sword of Damocles that stays above the judges and that in most of the cases created the state of fear that persists in the judicial system,\u201d she stated, noting there is no internal will among judges either.<\/p>\n Former director of the National Anticorruption Center Cristina \u021a\u0103rn\u0103 said the judges enjoy the independence needed to work on paper only. There is a general problem related to public communication as most of the public institutions go through a period of self-isolation. \u201cIn such a situation, in the absence of communication or with insufficient communication that is apportioned and managed in a way that not always meets the public opinion\u2019s needs and interests of finding out information, the feelings of frustration, fear and disagreement with what is going on in the state institutions will definitely grow. This is also true about the judicial system,\u201d said the anticorruption expert.<\/p>\n The United States Department of State\u2019s human rights report<\/a> on Moldova for 2018, which was published on March 13, shows that selective justice and high-level corruption continue to be the most serious problems faced by the Moldovan citizens. Even if the legislation provides for criminal punishment for acts of corruption, the government didn\u2019t manage to efficiently apply the law, says the report.<\/p>\n