Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Pell mell seizes Interior Ministry

-- Prosecutor Santion, a personal adviser of the Romanian interior minister Cristian David, denounced four officials in the Ministry who had committed abuse at work. General Virgil Ardelean, known as 'The Fox', tops the list.
According to the complaint, Virgil Ardelean, Constantin Darna (deputy chief of the General Department for Information and Interior Protection), Cristian Baci (chief of the Juridical Department in the Interior Ministry) and chief commissioner Valeriu Dinca (formerly a head of the Protection Department) obstructed the making of the National Center for Integrity Volunteering (the CNI).
The latter institution enjoys EU appreciation and British and Dutch financial support and it is meant to see that the fight against corruption is fought in the Interior Ministry.
Minister David's personal adviser demanded investigations should also reach Irinel Paun, chief of the DGA (National Anti-Corruption Department).
The war between Santion and Paun burst out officially two months ago, when the DGA chief denounced the minister's adviser for abuse at work too. Santion claims the war against himself "is a technical stage of obedience to an order to the new DGA officials from some very important people in the Interior Ministry and not only, looking for allies to cope with crimes committed under the auspices of the Interior Ministry. (...)

S.A. & D.D.
Ziua Marti 17 Iulie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english

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