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The questions that have cast a shadow from the very beginning on the procedure for the privatization of CFR Marfă hve followed this process all the way until its end, as the sale of over half of the shares of the railroad operator was made by a secretary of state.
Even though she was present at the event, Ramona Mănescu, the newly appointed minister of transports, did not stand by the privatization of CFR Marfă, as the contract for the sale of the company was signed by secretary of state Cristian Ghibu, the president of the privatization commission and by Sorin Chinde, the general manager of Grup Feroviar Român (GFR), controlled by businessman Gruia Stoica, who also attended the signing ceremony.
The much awaited and advertised event took place without the presence of the press.
Relu Fenechiu, the former minister of transports, during whose term the winner of the call for bids of the privatization of CFR Marfă was announced, finds it normal for the document by which CFR Marfă was sold to be signed by Cristian Ghibu, because, "being the one who signed all the papers for this privatization, he was the most qualified to sign the sale contract".
PM Victor Ponta last week set the task for Ramonei Mănescu, the new minister of Transports, to call to the ministry the representatives of the company that won the call for bids for the sale of 51% in the shares of CFR Marfă in order to sign the contract.
The Prime Minister said yesterday that the ten million Euros which represent the participation collateral have already been submitted, and 30 days from now the amount of 20 million Euros would be submitted in an escrow account - 10% of the amou
