DNA: Case dismissal in the

2015-02-06 22:03:42 - From the Print Edition

The National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) prosecutors have decided a dismissal of the case in the Flota - Fleet - file in which former president, Traian Basescu, was also targeted, judicial sources told Agerpres in January. According to the agency news, DNA said that in this case, "due to impunity provided in the Romanian Constitution, through the October 19 2006 Resolution, the criminal prosecution was suspended." According to the DNA, as regards the abuse in office retained in case of Traian Basescu, one found that this offence doesn′t exist, since through exercising the decision functions with the Transport Ministry over 1990-1992 and 1996-2000, "he didn′t make and didn′t determine any prejudice to the CNM Petromin SA Constanta patrimony, and this because the ships in case were sold in accordance with legal approvals given by the State Property Fund (FPS) — the majority stakeholder of CNM Petromin SA within the privatisation process initiated by Romania′s Government," the news reads. "The 16 ships which were in management agreements with the KLAVENESS group remained in the property of CNM Petromin S.A (with a right to dispose upon) until 1999-2000, when they were sold at auction. The money resulted from the 16 ships′ sell-off reached 63,134,735 USD. The decision to selling the 16 ships did not belong to the Transport Ministry, but to the FPS and the AGA (Stakeholders General Assembly) with CNM Petromin SA, since the FPS and not the Transport Ministry was the Petromin majority stakeholder. Besides, Petromin, as a joint stock company in the naval transports on December 31 1992, has had debts counting for 14,770,000 USD," the DNA also said, as quoted by Agerpres.