The liberals did not like Emilia Serkan’s new revelations about Interior Minister Lucian Bode’s doctoral dissertation. PNL assessments sent to party leaders under the heading “key messages” ordered them to praise Bode and attack Emilia Serkan, discrediting her approach and insisting it was a “political vendetta” and the journalist “cannot be suspected”. with the best of intentions.”

“There is no doubt that this whole scandal is a political vendetta against Minister Bode. Ms. Sherkan made several baseless accusations without having minimal specialized training in security studies and international relations or energy security. His rule can be any, but not only objective. The presumption of impartiality, which any journalist should have, does not meet the requirements in this case, as Emilia Sherkan is the author of some complaints against Minister Bode and obviously cannot be suspected of the best intentions,” says the note sent to the PNL Leader .

Journalist Emilia Serkan wrote on Monday in PressOne that on January 5, Interior Minister Lucian Bode sued the Ethics Commission of Babes Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca (UBB) in a desperate attempt to block an alleged plagiarism verdict against his doctoral thesis. .

• UBB Cluj will re-analyze Minister Bode’s PhD thesis, which allegedly contains plagiarism in at least 18.5% of the thesis, not just 2.95%

• Lucian Bode plagiarized at least 18.5% of his PhD, not just 2.95% / Home Secretary used combination of methods to cover up plagiarism – PressOne

Below is a full PNL evaluation of Lucian Bode’s PhD thesis topic

“If the discussion about the doctoral dissertation of Minister Lucian Bode develops

First, in this case, the situation is quite clear: the dissertation of Minister Lucian Bode went through several stages, which indicates the originality of the work.

• Preliminary anti-plagiarism report of UBB and resolution of PhD supervisor
• 2019 CNADTCU Commission Report

The doctoral thesis passed absolutely all the previous stages and successfully passed all the verification filters, including anti-plagiarism. The thesis was checked for plagiarism by both the UBB and the CNATDCU, the highest body that oversees the awarding of titles in Romania.

There is no doubt that this whole scandal is a political vendetta against Minister Bode.

Ms. Sherkan made several baseless accusations without having minimal specialized training in security studies and international relations or energy security. His rule can be any, but not only objective.

The presumption of impartiality that any journalist must have does not meet the requirements in this case, as Emilia Serkan is the author of the complaints against Minister Bode and obviously cannot be suspected of the best intentions.

Just a few months ago, the UBB came out again and said very clearly: the doctoral thesis meets the criteria for the award of a doctorate, and it has been preserved.

Few citation errors were found, in a small part, less than 3% of the total number of 220 pages of the thesis.

in addition, there is the decision of the CCR No. 364/2022, which is very clear and universally binding, and which states that once the thesis has successfully passed the evaluation of the doctoral committee and has been confirmed by the CNADTCU – as in the case of mr. BODE thesis, it can no longer be revised. There are no legal grounds for this.

Furthermore, according to the National Law on Education 1/2011, the Ethics Commission can only carry out such checks on members of the university community as defined by law, a community to which the Minister is not a member.

Initially, Minister Bode sent a message to UBB to clarify some legal aspects of the procedure for re-analysis of the doctoral dissertation and did not receive a response.

The next natural step was to go to court to ensure that all the procedures carried out by the Ethics Commission were fully in accordance with the law.

Minister Bode has always been open to clarification on any aspect related to the Ph.D. However, inspections must be conducted within the framework of the law and pursue legitimate interests.

No one can be blamed for seeking justice in a court of law and wanting to follow the law. Vice versa. This whole approach is the only one to comply with the law.

The action was commenced in the Salaj court according to law, as Minister Bode resides in that district.

Context information:

• In 2019, the Minister of Internal Affairs received his doctoral degree in the field of international relations and European studies at the University of Babes-Boliai (UBB).
• The doctoral thesis was graded very well and magna cum laude, and the subject was energy security and resource management.
• The doctor’s degree was obtained at a university of national and international prestige, and the received qualification and distinction fully justify the “UBB coat of arms” and the scientific relevance of the dissertation. UBB is not just any university.
• The thesis fully corresponded to the minister’s professional activity. Let’s not forget that we are talking about a person with extensive professional experience in the field of energy and resource management: 8 years at Electrica SA, 8 years at the Commission for Industry and Services of the Chamber of Deputies, former Minister of Economy, Trade and Business Environment”