Romania's House of Deputies can destroy anti-graft investigations on former minister Miron Mitrea and prime minister, one newspaper reads on Tuesday. Elsewhere in the news, Bucharest city hall paid some 1.5 million euro to acquire a plot of land where stray dogs will be held. In the same vein, another newspaper reads about the controversial urban planning schemes voted irresponsibly by local administration representatives.
The files anti-graft prosecutors opened up in which former Social Democratic (PSD) PM Adrian Nastase and former PSD Transports minister Miron Mitrea are investigated can be accessed by the House of Deputies, Evenimentul Zilei reads.
More specifically, the files cease to be secret and thus information leaks can endanger the investigation. House of Deputies speaker Bogdan Olteanu declared that the content of the files needs to be kept secret in order for the investigation to succeed. Otherwise, Nastase's lawyers will be able to know the file and counter it even before it reaches the court.
Deputies need to approve whether anti-graft prosecutors can go on with the investigation against Nastase and Mitrea. A committee made up of seven representatives of all parties will rule on the case. Moreover, the House ruled that any deputy who has an entitled request can view the files.
Nastase is accused of acquiring a property in downtown Bucharest way under the price of the market as hidden bribe where he built his house. Moreover, Mitrea is accused of receiving bribe from a public servant.
Elsewhere in the news, Bucharest mayor Adriean Videanu approved a 1.5 million euro land purchase nearby Bucharest in order to move stray dogs over there, Gandul reads. The paper reads that the land's price is 100 times higher than the real market price.
Thus, Videanu spends local funds to offer luxurious