* Alexandru Păunescu wants the 30,000 Euros that he awarded himself while he was managing the Fund, as he claims that he was only paid for his chairman position, and not for his general manager position
The Proprietatea Fund was sued by his old chairman, Alexandru Păunescu, who considers that he is still entitled to another 30,000 Euros, after managing the Fund for a year, between May 2006-November 2007.
The 30,000 Euros are supposed to represent the wage that Păunescu thinks he was entitled to for the period in which he served only as chairman of the Fund, when the positions of chairman and managing director were not separate, sources from the management of the Proprietatea Fund claim.
"Mr. Păunescu has considered that he deserves compensation for the position of managing director, besides the one of chairman, which is why he has awarded himself a salary of almost one billion old lei (100,000 RON) for the period in which he led the Fund. After leaving the Fund, he returned the money because of the scandal which appeared in the press, but he then decided to go to court", the quoted sources claim.
The lawsuit was filed very shortly after Alexandru Păunescu stepped down from the management of the Fund.
When contacted by BURSA, Alexandru Păunescu was wary of making any statements, and only said that he filed the lawsuit a few months after leaving the Fund because he needed time to detach: "I didn"t think it was fair to sue the company I worked for right away. I waited for some time to allow myself to let go". Mr. Păunescu however confirmed the amount which is the object of the lawsuit.
Alexandru Păunescu was appointed as manager of the Fund in the spring of 2006, during the Tăriceanu government, replacing Nicolae Ivan. Up to that moment, Păunescu had been working in the Romanian National Bank.
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