President Emil Constantinescu requested that the OSCE's...

President Emil Constantinescu requested that the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly step in and help secure the release of Ilie Ilascu. He emphasized that Ilascu was threatened by a death sentence, which was "ruled in Transdnestr region by an illegitimate authority." "Together you have the capacity to ask for justice. Together you can endow the large process of consolidation of the human rights, democracy and security."