MIRCEA MARIAN: "If the well-known Corneliu Iacobov, the man who supervised the Rafo theft, would candidate in my district, he would definitely have my vote."
As a matter of fact, he shows us what a Romanian successful story means.
In the PSD regime, when companies owned by Iacobov and Tener were controlling Rafo, the refinery accumulated debts of hundreds of millions. In November 2004 only, the Nastase government tried to erase debts, from Rafo and Carom, of 16.000 billions lei! For the way had contributed at the refinery's bankruptcy, the prosecutors sent Iacobov to trial, but the judges decided that the "deed doesn't exist". Now, free and innocent, he wants a place in PSD Bacau management and a seat in parliament. Corneliu Iacobov already obtained Adrian Nastase's support, who considers that his old party colleague was "harassed" by Basescu. Other PSD leaders restrained from comments, because they are waiting for the end of the electoral campaign. Hrebengiuc, who is leading PSD in Bacau, will find easily a district for Iacobov to candidate, so the uninominal vote will rehabilitate him from a political point of view as well. And, eventually, don't you think that he would fit in perfectly with the legislative's image?
Take a look at what DNA writes on the affairs of deputy Miron Mitrea - a lesson about how to receive gifts. Miron Mitrea's mother lived, in 2001, in a villa from a classy neighborhood in the north of Bucharest. Her loving son begun renovating her house, but, according to the prosecutors, he payed 150.000 euro less than he should. A part of the receipts for the constructions were destroyed, and others taken out from the archives and placed in bags, to hide this small gift for the former transportation minister. The lady who managed the repairs, and the accounting documents dissapearings, has been named chief inspector in Constructions. Today, Mitrea is leading the PSD campaign, and his colleagues sustain that DNA accusations are politically coordinated, by Basescu. I don't think that the parliament will approve the start of penal prosecution against Mitrea and Nastase. An article from the Chamber Regulation states that this measure must be voted by two thirds of the deputies. To bring down a government or ban the president of Romania it's needed the accept of only half plus one from all parliamentarians!
We are facing the parliamentary elections without starting any major corruption trial against a former dignitary, at least not yet. The Parliament and the Constitutional Court are stopping all important files of reaching the courthouse. Those who coordinated Rafo's bankruptcy - people who linked the suspicious bussines area to politicians - are on their way for acquittal.
So, let's leave Iacobov to fit in, naturally, in this idyllic painting of the anti-corruption fight being buried alive.