Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Some people's collaboration with ex Securitate may remain unknown



Ladislau Csendes, a president of the CNSAS (National Council for Research on the Communist Secret Service Archive), admitted yesterday for the BBC that some people's collaboration with the ex Securitate (Communist Secret Service in Romanian) might remain unknown, because of the things the CNSAS had failed to accomplish.
This was unveiled last Saturday, when Democrat Razvan Murgeanu, a vice-mayor of Bucharest, admitted for the same BBC that he had signed a collaboration agreement with the ex Securitate when he was 20, but he insisted he hadn't informed against anyone. According to the law, the CNSAS should have checked on the vice-mayor's record in 2004, when he was elected a member of the General Council of Bucharest, which did not happen. But the CNSAS must not check on ex Securitate records in a certain order.
According to the CNSAS president, there are several cases of MPs, judges and more whose records still existed, but were not analyzed. He commented: "Yes, categorically. I know there are such delays. When I saw such great delays, my first idea was to proceed to sanctions and my second was to correct the delays". He confirmed: "It is no pleasure to me, but I am confirming it: this is true. It is us who are now to settle the delays, unfortunately".
Csendes explained: "If the technical staff didn't put some names on the list, then it is about cases of severe neglectfulness." (...)

Anca Hriban
Ziua Marti 31 Iulie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english

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