10.08.2012          

PRESS RELEASE

The Public Information and Press Relations Bureau within the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice is authorized to bring to public knowledge the following:

According to the provisions of art. 109 par. 2 of the Romanian Constitution, art. 12 and 19 of the Law no. 115/1999 regarding the ministerial responsibility, republished, and of the Decision no. 270 from 10 March 2008 of the Constitutional Court, the General Prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice has requested the  Romanian Parliament  - Chamber of Deputies, the initiating of the  procedures  for  formulating the request for commencing the criminal pursuit against the  named DOBRE VICTOR – PAUL, former delegated minister  for Administration within the Ministry of Administration and Interior, deputy in the Romanian Parliament, for committing the offence of abuse in office against the public interests in aggravated form, foreseen by art. 248 connected to tart 248¹ Criminal Code.

In the case there exists clues that the named Dobre Victor – Paul has requested the accused Manoloiu Constantin, director of the Directorate for Persons Record and  Administration of Data  Bases, to  draw a paper within which it was  mentioned that the “Ministry of Administration and Interior cannot assume the truthfulness of the number of persons registered in the permanent election lists”, under the circumstances in which  exactly this minister, through the  Directorate for Persons Record and Administration of Data Bases, has been entitled by the  Government of Romania  through the  Government Decision no. 682/07.07.2012, to select and process the data regarding the  citizens with voting right, to print them out and to  put them at the disposal of the mayors.

Subsequently, DOBRE VICTOR – PAUL has signed the letter no. 74619/VPD/02.08.2012, through which he has sent to the Constitutional Court the  writ prepared by the accused Manoloiu Constantin, without  a prior request in this regard from the  side of the  constitutional contentious court.

As at the moment of committing the deeds, for which the prosecutors from the Section for criminal pursuit and forensic  within the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice were notified  ex officio, the named DOBRE VICTOR – PAUL  held the position as delegate minister  for Administration  within the Ministry  of Administration and Interior, deputy in the Romanian Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies was requested to  initiate the procedures in order to formulate a request for commencing the criminal pursuit.

In the cause has been retained that, by the knowingly  faulty  fulfilling of the service duties, has been caused a significant disturbance of the smooth running of the institutions with competences regarding the  record of  persons with  right to vote and have been seriously affected those social relations, the normal carrying out and development of which is not possible without the  correct fulfilling of  service obligations  by the public officers or by other officers.