Dumitru Chirice, the former president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), has been left without the position of adviser in the same institution. According to HotNews.ro, George-Sergiu Niculescu, the current chairman of ANRE, signed on Thursday, October 26, a decision to terminate Chiriță’s employment contract, effective the following day, October 27. However, Chiriță will not be without a job, as with the support of PSD, the position of deputy director of Electrica Furnizare has been prepared for him.
Recently, HotNews.ro wrote that the energy regulator will still be managed from the shadows by the same people who were in charge until April. Former President Dumitru Chirice (PSD) did not leave ANRE after the end of his term, but was appointed to a phantom position, the position of expert in the Cabinet of Vice Presidents, from which he managed to organize a parallel administration of the institution, based on loyalty to the directors appointed during his period , sources from the market informed HotNews.ro.
Upon HotNews.ro’s request, ANRE reported that Dumitru Chirica was appointed as an expert in the Cabinet of Vice Presidents during the term of Vice President Andronache Gabriel (with the support of the PSD). Answering questions about the amounts with which money is currently paid to him, NARE representatives state that they are confidential in accordance with Art. 163 par. (1) of Law 53/2003 and the collective labor agreement. According to HotNews.ro sources, the remuneration will be around 5,000 euros per month.
This is a useless feature, given that ANRE has a 13-person Advisory Board appointed by the Prime Minister and made up of specialists from several sectors with energy interests. They are not remunerated and every decision taken by the regulatory board must be subject to an advisory opinion formulated by the board.
We will remind you that Dumitru Chirice headed ANRE in 2017-2023, before that he was an electrician, a trade unionist, and then a PSD deputy. As president of ANRE, he achieved a salary of 60,000 lei per month, according to the latest wealth declaration filed last year.
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Source: Hot News
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