The Police's response to George Simion who alleged that his reports to the authorities were fruitless

The clarifications of the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police (IGPR) come after the president of AUR, George Simion, complained that he was threatened with death and accused the authorities of not taking any measures, although he filed a complaint.

The General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police (IGPR) reported on Saturday that the Police “treat with utmost seriousness any report regarding threats, acts of violence or other facts that may affect the safety of people”.

Also, the IGPR sent that following the criminal complaint submitted “a criminal file was established, the procedural checks stipulated by the law being carried out, in order to establish all the circumstances and identify the persons responsible, under the coordination of the competent prosecution unit, respectively the Prosecutor's Office attached to the District Court 2”.

The institution specifies that it does not tolerate behavior or expressions that incite hatred, violence or that promote extremist ideologies and that the Police act equidistantly and impartially, to protect the rights and freedoms of all citizens, regardless of political, social or other affiliation.

“Freedom of expression of thoughts, opinions or beliefs and freedom of creations of any kind, through speech, writing, images, sounds or other means of public communication, are guaranteed, according to the Romanian Constitution. However, this freedom cannot be used as a pretext for breaking the law. Threats, regardless of who they are addressed to, represent serious acts, which are sanctioned according to the criminal law. The Romanian Police carries out its activity to protect citizens and the community according to the legal provisions”, Romanian Police officials also specified.

Previously, on September 15, the IGPR stated in relation to the death threats complained by George Simion that, according to the Criminal Code, “the act of threatening a person with the commission of a crime or a harmful act directed against him or another person, if it is likely to cause him a state of fear, is punishable by imprisonment from 3 months to one year or a fine, without the penalty applied exceeding the sanction provided by law for the crime that was the object of the threat”.

They explained that “the criminal action is initiated upon the prior complaint of the injured person”.

According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, “the criminal action cannot be initiated, and once it has been initiated, it can no longer be exercised if: (…) there is no prior complaint, authorization or notification of the competent body or another condition provided by law, necessary for the initiation of the criminal action.”

On September 16, the IGPR came back with clarifications. “At the level of the institution, a criminal complaint was registered, formulated by a political party. Thus, in the case, a criminal file was registered, in which investigations are being carried out, according to the legal provisions”, said the IGPR.

The president of AUR, George Simion, stated on Friday that he had received more than 90 death threats and announced that the facade of the party's headquarters had been destroyed, as complaints had been filed, but he accused that no measures had been taken so far.

Simion specified that he officially requested that the Guard and Protection Service ensure his safety, both for him and for his family and the party leadership.