Romanian Prosecutors Probe Privatization Auth Head Over Alleged Exaggerate Expenses

Romanian anticorruption prosecutors subpoenaed the head of the privatization authority AVAS, Teodor Atanasiu for a hearing on Tuesday in connection to his activity as president of the County Council in Alba, central country.

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Media reports alleged Atanasiu is investigated over exaggerate public expenses conducted during June-December 2004, when he headed the Alba County Council.

Atanasiu will also be heard in connection to a consultancy agreement signed between mayors in Alba county and a specialized company, according to the media reports.

“I believe this is a new episode of the series in which DNA (the National Anticorruption Department – e.n.) is used as electoral instrument, and now they are trying to compromise the image of Teodor Atanasiu as a sacrifice to the one they call Zeus (Romania’s President Traian Basescu – e.n.),” Atanasiu said in a statement.

He said he wanted to inform the media about his hearing on Tuesday, as he was questioned by reporters on several occasions.

“I will go to DNA because I have nothing to hide and I want to observe the rigors of the laws just like any other citizen,” Atanasiu said in the statement.

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