The leader of USR Dominic Fritz, after the resignation of Anastasiu: “Strengthens the values underlying the Bolojan reforms”
Dominic Fritz. Photo: Inquam Photos / Virgil Simonescu
The leader of the USR, Dominic Fritz, said on Sunday, after the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Dragoș Anastasiu, that the gesture was “necessary and inevitable”, but also “an act of dignity and assumption that deserves respect”.
“I thank Dragoș Anastasiu for the good collaboration I had in recent weeks,” Fritz wrote in a Facebook post, adding that there are reforms in state-owned companies and “painful measures against privileges and clientelism.”
“The fight we carry is not just the facade. It is real and arouses a tailor -made resistance. Today's resignation strengthens the values underlying the Bolojan reforms: justice, truth and respect for equal rules,” the USR leader continued.
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Dragoș Anastasiu resigned from the position of Deputy Prime Minister
The resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Dragoș Anastasiu comes after the disclosures that for 8 years, during 2009-2017, his companies bribed an ANAF inspector in order not to have problems. Anastasiu acknowledged the bribe of ANAF employee both in front of DNA and judges.
The information regarding the involvement of the company of Deputy Prime Minister Dragoș Anastasiu in the corruption file have been reported by the reality and can be found in the decisions of the Bucharest Court and Court of Appeal, consulted by HotNews.
Heard in the criminal prosecution phase, as well as in the two stages of the trial in the court, Dragoș Anastasiu acknowledged the corruption facts that have spread over 8 years.
He explained that he chose to accept the proposal of the inspector who had come to control his companies, although he perceived that it was a “blackmail”, as he said in court. Anastasiu considered that if he did not offer the bribe to the official ANAF, his company risks being closed, and the employees “will stay on the road”. The current deputy prime minister also told the hearings that the official had threatened a director of the company that “he will put his employer in prison”.
In a response sent on Friday for G4media, and then in a press release publicly transmitted on Saturday, DNA said that Anastasiu and his business partner had the capacity of “witness-venture”
The representatives of the Government of Romania reported on Friday that the “circumstances of the case” in which Deputy Prime Minister Dragoș Anastasiu acknowledged in court that his company gave a bribe to an ANAF inspector “have nothing to do with the quality of deputy prime minister and to the duties of Mr. Dragoș Anastasiu”.
