Cristian Tudor Popescu, about the lack of reaction of the prime minister on the case of Anastasiu: “The silence that ruins”
Cristian Tudor Popescu. Photo: Inquam Photos / Bogdan Buda
Every hour passing without a reaction from the government decreases abruptly the understanding of the citizens, says the newspaper Cristian Tudor Popescu on the lack of The prime minister's reaction after the disclosures that for eight years, during 2009-2017, the companies of Deputy Prime Minister Dragoș Anastasiu bribed an ANAF inspector in order not to have problems for controls, which is recognized by the current Deputy Prime Minister in the statements given to the prosecutors.
In a Facebook post with the title “Silence that ruins”, CTP catalogs this silence as one of the worst surprises.
“With every hour that this anaphtasiu spends in the Bolojan-Dan government, the understanding of the citizens is abruptly decreases, for the painful reform. The silence of Prime Minister Bolojan to the case of the spit-the adventasius is one of the worst surprises,” CTP wrote on Facebook.
An ANAF inspector, bribed eight years by Anastasiu's companies
For eight years, during the period 2009-2017, the companies of Deputy Prime Minister Dragoș Anastasiu bribed an ANAF inspector in order not to have problems with controls, according to a DNA investigation, completed two years ago with a definitive sentence of the operation.
Anastasiu acknowledged the bribe of ANAF employee both in front of DNA and judges.
Reacting on Friday on Facebook to the information published in the public space, Deputy Prime Minister Dragoș Anastasiu said that he was “witness, not a denouncer”.
The representatives of the Romanian Government claim that the “circumstances of the case” in which Deputy Prime Minister Dragoș Anastasiu acknowledged in court that his company has bribed an ANAF inspector “have nothing to do with the quality of deputy prime minister and to the duties of Mr. Dragoș Anastasiu”.
On Friday night, DNA reported for G4Media that Anastasiu was a “whistlewiter” in the bribe file at ANAF, “which is why the prosecutors ordered” to him.
In a message published on Facebook on Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister Anastasiu denied that he had made a complaint and asked the anti-corruption prosecutor's office to provide the “alleged denunciation” that he registered in the file.
