Romanian Parliament Commission To Hear Interior Min Next Week Over Intelligence Dept Scandal

Commission vice-president George Scutaru told MEDIAFAX the minister will be haerd next week.

Democrat liberal lawmaker Eugen Badalan requested that the commission hear Nica regarding the scandal at the General Intelligence and Internal Protection Department and the minister’s intentions to reorganize the Interior Ministry.

"I don’t really understand what the objectives of this reorganization are,” Badalan told MEDIAFAX.

He added that lawmakers heard of the scandal from the media and the minister didn’t inform Parliament commissions.

Nica plans to disband the General Intelligence and Internal Protection Department and fully restructure the General Anticorruption Department (DGA), according to sources within the ministry.

The sources added a decision on the restructuring of DGA will be made in a few days.

On Wednesday, Nica is at the headquarters of the General Intelligence and Internal Protection Department (DGIPI) whose chief, Cornel Serban, was taken into custody by anticorruption prosecutors.

Serban, along Petre Pitcovici, head of the Operations Division within the General Anticorruption Department, and Ioan Alecu, former rector of the University of Agronomic Science and Veterinary Medicine were detained by anticorruption prosecutors Tuesday night.

According to a press release issued Wednesday by the National Anticorruption Department (DNA), Serban is accused of aiding a criminal, using and allowing access of unauthorized persons to private information.

 

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