Labour minister resigns over EU funds scandal
Minister of Labour Ioan Botis has resigned following an EU funds scandal involving an approval for subsidies to an NGO connected to his wife, Lidia Botis
May 2011 - From the Print Edition
In 2010, Bistrita-based NGO Asociatia EuroActiv won financing worth 500,000 Euro from the European Union structural funds and the Labour Ministry.
Lidia Botis was an advisor on this project, receiving a salary of almost 2,000 Euro per month.
Ioan Botis argued that neither he nor his wife are founders or members of the NGO, but the headquarters of the NGO are in the same address as the couple’s home.
“In judicial terms, my wife was employed by an association where we had no direct interest,” said Botis. “She was just hired there.”
EU funds fraud-busting agency the Anti-Fraud Department (DLAF) has started an investigation into this possible conflict of interest, while the National Integrity Agency (ANI) is also investigating the case of Botis.
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