[7] In total, five cases were filed against him by Lilian Carp MP, a Vice President of the governing Party of Action and Solidarity.

He was suspended from office by Maia Sandu's government, who won the presidency in 2020 on an anti-corruption ticket, before being ultimately dismissed as Prosecutor General in September 2023.

During the trial, Stoianoglo accused the government of using the cases to prevent him from ridding the prosecutor's office of political influence.

[10] He also promised a "balanced" foreign policy with the EU, the United States, Russia, and China as part of his campaign pledge.

[13] After it was noted that his youngest daughter was working in Germany, an EU member state, Stoianoglo said it was "the right of every young person in Moldova" to go where they wanted.