Romanian Prosecutors Wait For Go-Ahead In Probe Against Labor Min

The Romanian anticorruption prosecutors on Friday requested Senate’s approval to start investigations against Labor Minister Paul Pacuraru on charges of bribery, the anticorruption department, or DNA, said in a statement.

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Under a March decision of the country’s Constitutional Court, prosecutors are compelled to ask for parliament authorization in criminal cases against former or acting ministers who are also members of parliament.

Pacuraru is suspected of accepting bribery in exchange for appointing “a certain Mr. Romanescu” in the position of head of the territorial labor inspectorate in Gorj County, as a favor to Dan Ilie Morega, leader of the liberal branch in the county.

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