The very institution whose role is to solve the complaints of companies unhappy with the outcomes of public procurement auctions is one step away from being gridlocked by an internal conflict, which has now reached the offices of the prosecutors of the National Anti-Corruption Department. The impact a gridlock in the National Office for Contestations would have on the business environment and major public projects is hard to assess.
* Current president accuses the former management of having deleted the databases of the National Council for Contestations
* The former head of the Council: "The charges are unfounded. The current president is afraid of losing his position due to conflict of interest" * The prosecutors of the National Anticorruption Department are being asked to investigate this case
The National Council for Contestations (CNSC), the institution that solves the contestations of companies concerning public procurement auctions, is at the center of a huge scandal in which the current management accuses the former managers of sabotaging and attempting to obstruct the activity of the institution.
In March, the new chairman of the Council, submitted a memo to Prime-Minister Emil Boc. In it, he accused the former management of the institution of using a "scorched earth tactic", by erasing the databases which contained very important information, from loans taken from the public budget, bonuses and holiday leaves, to mail from and to the Specialized Department of the European Commission.
The memoir of the chairman Lehel Bogdan was received by the Investigative Body of the PM and was eventually forwarded to the National Anti-Corruption Department (DNA), as proven by the official documents obtained by BURSA.
* Lehel: "The databases of the Council were deleted"
In the quoted memo, Lehel Lorand Bogdan accuses: