Many so-called political commentators and pundits ruled, prior to a court ruling, that former PM and Social Democrat Party president Adrian Nastase was guilty as charged on all three counts.
In a 600-page long indictment the anticorruption prosecutors last week decided to send Nastase to court for taking bribes, receiving illegal benefits and blackmailing, while in office as a prime-minister, between 2000 and 2004. He risks up to 12 years in prison if convicted.
I base my statements on the body of knowledge I got as a graduated of Law School, where I had as professor the famous Avram Filipas, and read the work of Ion Tanoviceanu and Petre Pandrea. I have friends among prosecutors and I practiced law as an attorney at law for a few years.
I know some readers will think I am taking sides and defending Nastase for his Government nominated me for the position with the National Council for the Audiovisual Media strans. note: a body regulating the electronic media in Romaniat.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Furthermore, I do not ask anyone to take my word for granted, but make oneâs own assessment with reading with oneâs own eyes the 600-page long indictment.
The bottom line is that the latter does not hold water simply because there is no actual proof of prior understanding between Nastase and the other entities indicted in this file, be they individuals or companies.
The indictment is based on "assumptions" and witnesses stating they "believed" things stayed in one way or another.
However, assumptions and beliefs have no relevance in a court of law, where people are judged according to proofs building up their indictment files.
Furthermore, the witnesses used by prosecutors to build the file against Nastase can be easily dismissed as not credible, since they were previously indicted in the same case, to
