All eyes are upon the Democrat Liberal party as it prepares for internal elections in May. In an interview, former PDL Economy minister Adriean Videanu talks about the elections within the party and reveals that the President of the party will no longer be Prime Minister. Elsewhere in the news, 200 customs officers are targeted by anti-graft prosecutors and might be retained in the following days on top of the other 70 customs officers who were arrested. Last but not least, one newspaper reveals the four reasons that keep us out of Schengen.
All eyes are upon the Democrat Liberal party as it prepares for internal elections in May. In an interview for Gandul, PDL Adriean Videanu revealed that starting with these elections, the President of the party will no longer be Prime Minister as it happened until now.
Videanu said that Boc might even remain President of the party. Videanu refused to take a side between Blaga or Boc, and said that they are not the only ones the party can choose from but underlined that Blaga is a very good option for the leadership of the party and that he would trust him with his vote.
Evenimentul Zilei reads about the massive operations of anti-graft prosecutors against customs police officers and customs personnel. On top of the other 70 customs police officers already arrested, anti graft prosecutors plan to take on another 200. Interior officials declared that the operations will not end here, with prosecutors investigating only the Siret customs, in North Romania.
The actions follow Romania’s wishes to join Schengen considering that our country has been criticized for its weak or even lack of anti-corruption fight. Home searches revealed that the officers arrested were supporting the cigarettes traffic. The customs officers would allow them to smuggle about 200 boxes in 12 hours.
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