Romanian Democrat Liberal MP Indicted For Blackmail

Pasat was placed under a travel ban in early February after anticorruption prosecutors’ request to have his immunity lifted did not garner sufficient votes for approval from the Chamber of Deputies.

MPs cast 116 votes in favor and 34 votes against Pasat’s prosecution, but 147 votes were needed to lift the lawmaker’s immunity.

According to prosecutors, Pasat put pressure on several mayors in Giurgiu, southern Romania, to get them to award public work contracts to the company he controlled.

The case will be tried by the High Court of Justice. The trial is scheduled to start on June 20.