Union leader Vasile Marica has become the main character of the "Vama" scandal, after a former customs employee accused him of taking bribes for five years.
The accusations are extremely serious on both sides, and several libel lawsuits may not take long to be filed.
Beyond these aspects, everything seems to turn into a new episode of the war of President Băsescu against the "moguls".
The ties that several union leaders had with Sorin Vîntu, the owner of Realitatea TV, as five such leaders are shareholders of Realitatea Media. It is easy to understand that by making the connection between the corruption in the customs and the characters which are close to Sorin Ovidiu Vîntu, the president could log another victory in his war against business moguls.
Two days ago, Traian Băsescu made some very interesting statements in an interview which appeared in the daily "România Liberă": "Union leaders were the most vocal when they spoke about deviation of trust, accompanied by the media groups owned by Vîntu and Voiculescu. There"s something rotten here, I can"t quite put my finger on it, but it is obvious that their outbursts, which are trying to point fingers to the political area, are an attempt to cover something up. (...) I am afraid that the queen of the contraband is among the union leaders, but proving that will depend on whether those who are arrested will admit it". Lately it"s been said that there is a structure of the smugglers, like a "chessboard" where a queen controls all the mobs of the customs.
In the hallway of the courthouse where he was being heard in the lawsuit in which he is being tried for aiding and abetting Nicolae Popa: "This lawsuit has nothing to do with justice and it is just the consequence of my direct fight with the Traian Băsescu regime. He started a hunt against me using all the means of repression at hi
