The Prosecutorâs General Office closed the file regarding President Traian Basescu, accused to have illegally purchased an apartment on Stefan Mihaileanu Street, in Bucharest, while he was still the Bucharest mayor. The apartment was nationalized by the communist state in the â50s and claimed back by its original owners.
The Prosecutorâs General Office closed the file regarding President Traian Basescu, accused to have illegally purchased an apartment on Stefan Mihaileanu Street, in Bucharest, while he was still the Bucharest mayor. The apartment was nationalized by the communist state in the â50s and claimed back by its original owners.
Only one day before Elena Udrea, Basescuâs lawyer sand former presidential adviser resigning her position amid a media scandalt, had filed with the Prosecutorâs Office documentation supporting Basescuâs stance and rebuttal of the charges.
Once more the good relationship Ilie Botos, the chief prosecutor general, has with Basescu proved useful for the latter. Botos said yesterday that prosecutors investigating the matter concluded Basescu did not breach the law, when he bought the apartment according to provisions of Law 10/2001.
A group of senators from the opposition Social Democrat Party had filed a complaint against Basescu, arguing that the president was in breach of the law since he already owned a house.
Basescu bought the 369 sqm apartment in down-town Bucharest for the equivalent of 19.301 USD, while its current market value is around 300.000 euros. Basescu the mayor approved the sale of the apartment to Basescu the citizen claiming that in 1999 he was evacuated from a nationalized house administered by the Executive Administrative Division in Charge with Protocol, which he was occupying as minister in the then center-right Government, and had no home.
Truth is the Protocol
