Anti graft prosecutors retained Romania's General Department of Information and Internal Protection chief, Cornel Ilie Serban for complicity in favoring a felon, one newspaper reads on Wednesday. In politics, Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu declared that he will not run for President and that he will sustain Liberal leader Crin Antonescu. Last but not least, one newspaper notes that consumer's rights are infringed by a shop in malls across the country.
Anti-graft prosecutors retained the General Department of Information and Internal Protection chief, Cornel Ilie Serban, together with a deputy of the General Anti-graft Department Petre Pitcovici for favoring a felon, Cotidianul reads, quoting NewsIn. According to NewsIn sources, the two were retained for 24 hours together with businessman Puiu Popoviciu, known for his real estate projects like Baneasa Shopping Center.
Cornel Ilie Serban and Petre Pitcovici were previously called in for questioning on Tuesday, investigated for several felonies before being appointed in the Interior Ministry. NewsIn sources declared that the two were, at some point, colleagues in the Anti-Drugs Brigade subordinated to the Police.
The two were part of the team investigating in 1995, a Dutch citizen, caught with drugs, in the house of the former Interior Minister Cristian David's girlfriend at the time. Ilie Cornel Serban was named as chief of the institution on Sunday, March 15 by the current Interior Minister Dan Nica. According to ministerial sources, the two departments will be massively restructured, because Dan Nica is not satisfied with their performances.
In politics today, Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu declared that he will not run against President Basescu but that he will support Liberal Crin Antonescu, Gandul reads. He added that Crin Antonescu was one of his supporters during his c