PRESS RELEASE
Following the investigations carried out in the case dealt with at the Section for criminal pursuit and FORENSIC within the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, concerning the permanent election lists and the supplementary election lists used at the referendum from 29 July 2012, 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:
Within the administration of evidences in the case, the prosecutors have ordered the seizure, from the Permanent Election Authority as well as from the trade company designated to realize the technical procedures, according to art. 431 par. 5 of Law 3/2000, of the copies of the permanent election lists and the supplementary lists bearing the signatures of the electors in original, used at the national referendum from 29.07.2012.
At the same time, there have been seized from the Directorate for Persons Record and Administration of Data Bases, the election lists which have been provided at the disposal of the public authorities, as it has been established by the Government Decision no. 682 and 683 from 07.07.2012 (the permanent election list in electronic form).
Also, from the Directorate for Persons Record and Administration of Data Bases and from the Central Election Office, there has been seized the statistic situation at national level regarding the allotment per polling stations, of the 18.292.514 voters enrolled on the copies of the permanent election lists (synoptic table of the number of persons enrolled on the permanent election lists, each polling station) - in optical (electronic) form and in paper form, with the mention “according to the original”.
From the National Authority for Citizenship has been requested the numerical situation on years, beginning with the year of establishing of the institution (2002) and until 8.08.2012 of the persons to whom was granted the Romanian citizenship in accordance with the provisions of art. 8 Law no.21/1991, of the persons who have regained the Romanian citizenship, according to art. 10, art. 11 of the Law no., 21/1991 and of the persons who have renounced the Romanian citizenship, according to art. 27 of the Law no. 21/1991. The copies of the documents seized in paper form from the National Authority for Citizenship art:
- the requests for renouncing the Romanian citizenship, published in the Official Gazette;
- the requests for renouncing the Romanian citizenship approved by Order of the president of the National Authority for Citizenship during 2010 – 2012;
- the list of the certificates of Romanian citizenship loss, issued by the national Authority for Citizenship;
- the list of persons who have subsequently regained, on request , the Romanian citizenship.
Within the investigations carried out in the cause, have also been seized from the General Directorate for Passports and the Directorate for Persons Record and Administration of Data Bases, in electronic and optical form, the identification data of the Romanian citizens who established their domicile abroad.
The copies of the minutes, in paper form, from all polling stations established for the national referendum from 29.07.2012, have been seized from the Constitutional Court.
Today, 13.08.2012, has been heard a witness, and the investigations are ongoing in order to clarify all the factual circumstances and to establish the juridical liability.
We remind that until now, there have been heard the accused: Manoloiu Constantin, police quaestor and director of the Directorate for Persons Record and Administration of Data Bases and Cabulea Ioan-Nicolae, state secretary, head of the Department for Public Order and Security within the Ministry of Administration and Interior, against whom has been initiated the criminal pursuit for committing the offence foreseen in art. 248 in connection to art. 2481 Criminal Code.
On 10.08.2012, in accordance with the provisions of art. 109 par. 2 of the Romanian Constitution, art. 12 and 19 of Law no. 115/1999 concerning the ministerial liability, 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 – the Deputy Chamber, the initiating of the procedures for issuing a request for beginning the criminal pursuit against the named DOBRE VICTOR – PAUL, former Minister Delegate 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 qualified form, foreseen by art. 248 connected to art. 2481 Criminal Code.