03.08.2012
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:
Having in view the release of the Constitutional Court from 02.08.2012 regarding the contradictory data received from the public authorities concerning the number of persons existing on the permanent election lists, at the Criminal Pursuit and Forensics Section within the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice has been constituted a criminal cause, where in there are carried out investigations related to the content of the permanent election lists and of the supplementary lists used during the referendum of 29 July 2012.
In order to carry out the investigations with celerity, the prosecutors of the Criminal Pursuit and Forensics Section have requested the copies of the permanent election lists and of the supplementary lists with the signatures of the electors, in original, from the Permanent Election Authority and from the commercial company designated to realize the technical procedures.
The commercial company designated to realize the technical procedures according to art. 431 par. 5 of the Law no. 3/2000 with subsequently changes and completions, has provided the prosecutors with the requested documents.
We specify that all documents have been received and are kept at the seat of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, according to the provisions of the decision of the Central Election office regarding the technical operations to be realized for the centralization of the results of the referendum.
There have been ordered the necessary measures for the fulfilling of the activities foreseen by art. 431 par. 5 of the Law no. 3/2000 with subsequently changes and completions.
The collected documents are necessary for carrying out of the criminal pursuit activities.
As the investigations are going on, we shall inform the public.