On Tuesday, the National Audiovisual Council issued a public challenge to Romanian Television for violating the legislation in the field of truthful information by broadcasting a show with the play “Livada de visina” by A. P. Chekhov, produced by TVR since 1975, in the credits of which the name of scenographer Florin Gabrea was not included, writes Agerpres. The sanction was unanimously voted by CNA members.

Present at the online debate, Florin Gabrea, a former member of CNA, clarified that although he signed the TV adaptation with Cornel Todea and the set with Virgil Luskov for this production, in the credits of the recording presented by TVR Cultural on July 19, only the name I appear at Cornel Todea and Virgil Luskov.

Responding to a TVR representative at CNA, who clarified that the recording of the show was the only one in the institution’s archive, Gabrea clarified that in 1981 he emigrated to Germany, at which point the communist censorship at TVR “deleted him from the credits, keeping him as he appears today, with a big omission, an unacceptable fake.” The scenographer demanded “compensation for huge moral damage, damage to his professional prestige and dignity”, imposing sanctions on Public Television.

“I do not deserve this in any way. So TV has to take action, Mr. Turturica has to say, yes, when he learns about this case, “How did you leave generics censored, destroyed by communist security censorship – I add and emphasize this – you leave something like this even today?” Well, that’s the problem,” said the scenographer.

CNA president Monica Gubernat, whose opinion is shared by other members of the Council, stressed that the omission complained of by Florin Gabrea “is not a deliberate mistake”.

“Especially because I don’t even think the original exists anymore. This is the only version you have in the archive, so it needs to be changed,” said Gubernat.

She noted that the institution she represents will make sure that this mistake is corrected.

Part 2 of Article 3 of the Law stipulates that “all providers of audiovisual media services are obliged to provide the public with objective information by correctly presenting facts and events and to promote the free formation of opinions.”