Radu Mihaiju, the mayor of Sector 2, also intervenes in the ANI-Clotilde Armand scandal and says on his Facebook page that he also benefits from a 25 percent increase in European funds to his aid and that he could not legally refuse it.

“Self-declaration: I also have an allowance for European funds up to a 25% allowance. When I became mayor, I asked if I could turn down the promotion. And I was clearly told that I CAN’T. That the law does not allow the mayor to refuse this promotion. I have read the statutory provisions with my own eyes to believe it. That is how it is. The mayor cannot refuse a 25% increase if the city hall headed by him manages projects with European funds.

L153/2017 – Art. 16 (2) The monthly remuneration of chairmen and vice-presidents of district councils and mayors/vice-mayors of administrative-territorial units implementing projects financed from non-refundable European funds is increased by 25%. However, the law allows any institution to publish headlines in the press,” Radu Mihaiu wrote on Facebook.

The post was accompanied by a whole debate, even with the intervention of Clotilde Armand. Many readers drew the mayor’s attention to the fact that ANI says that Armand held the paid position of project manager at the same time, and we are not talking about a promotion, but a paid position!

What are the charges against him by ANI

The National Integrity Agency accuses Clotilde Armand, the mayor of Sector 1, of conflict of interest and incompatibility and reports to the prosecutor’s office because the mayor allegedly used the position to generate income for himself.

According to the ANI press release, which mentions the conflict of interest, Clotilde Armand has signed the terms of reference appointing herself the head of the project “Improving local administrative capacity to develop, implement and promote anti-corruption measures”, financed by the European Fund and which brought himself material benefit in the amount of 18,720 lei.

Clotilde Armand’s reaction

The mayor of Sector 1 has announced that he is filing a criminal complaint against an integrity agency inspector who allegedly denied him access to the file, and alleges that the agency was tipped off by a PNL member because she wants “no more bribes.” City Hall of Sector 1″.

In this case, the prefect of the capital, former PSD senator Tony Greble, also reacted, who says that after the official notification of the National Integrity Agency, he will attack in an administrative dispute the provisions according to which Clotilde Armand was appointed project manager and those regarding the provision of some allowances.

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