The political struggle which is being waged for the control of the National Land Improvement Administration (ANIF), the institution responsible, among other things for the management of irrigation system and providing flood relief, has reached a new stage after the notorious "Dom" Costel" case, involving Constantin (Costel) Iancu.
Last year, the PD-L - PSD government appointed Constantin (Costel) Iancu as head of the ANIF. Costel Iancu was the object of a criminal probe for unlawful deprivation of freedom and blackmail.
Iancu was appointed the head of the ANIF at the last minute, replacing Ioan Nastea (former head of the ANIF between 2005 and 2007). Ioan Nastea claims that he refused at the time to team up with Iancu in order to manage the ANIF.
But Nastea is now the object of controversy himself. Accused by the ANIF itself of having prejudiced it during his mandate, Nastea was recently promoted as the head of the ANIF.
The promotion of Ioan Nastea, which was signed by the Minister of Agriculture himself, Mihail Dumitru, occurred just days after the ANIF had sued Ioan Nastea for allegedly prejudicing the company.
The Fraud Investigation Division of the General Inspectorate of the Police decided in 2007 the beginning of a criminal probe against Ioan Nastea and two other directors of the ANIF, accusing them of abuse in office.
Ioan Nastea claims he was not informed about the lawsuit filed against him by the ANIF and considers that everything is part of a political game, accusing the groups in the PSD (Social Democrat Party) with interests in land improvement of opposing his return to the ANIF.
* Ioan Nastea, immediately promoted by the minister to lead the ANIF, the very institution that has filed a lawsuit against him
* Three years ago, the general inspectorate of the Police began a criminal probe against Ioan N
