Supreme Court To Hear Ruling Party Leader On March 18

Romania’s Supreme Court decided on Tuesday to schedule a new hearing for Social Democrat Party (PSD) leader Liviu Dragnea, at his own request, in the case where he is appealing a prison sentence for his role in fictitious hiring at a state agency.

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The court set the hearing of Dragnea and former Teleorman child protection agency DGASPC executive Olguta Sefu for the March 18 term.

Both Dragnea and Sefu had filed requests to make new statements on Monday.

Liviu Dragnea, who is also Romania’s Lower Chamber chairman, received a three year and six months prison sentence last June for instigating abuse of office, as he was charged by Supreme Court judges with influencing the fictitious hiring of PSD members at DGASPC Teleorman.

Appeal hearings in the case have been postponed five times since late 2018, due to controversies surrounding the Supreme Court’s five-judge panels.

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