The leader of the National Liberal Party, Nicolae Chuke, says that it was inappropriate to ask the first vice-president Julian Dumitrescu, President CJ Prahova, who is being investigated by DNA for bribery and false statements, to resign from the positions he holds in and that he had a discussion with Dumitrescu and allowed him to make up his own mind, which he did. Chuke explained that the PNL “will do the same from now on to have an act of justice that should be in a democratic country.”

In Insider Politic, which airs Saturday on Prima TV, Nicolae Chuke was asked if the allegations against PNL First Vice President Julian Dumitrescu will affect the party ahead of the elections.

• “The National Liberal Party has gone ahead each time, and we can look at all actions of this nature, and left it to whoever has been targeted by justice to make the decision to resign from all political positions in the party.
• The same thing happened when the party’s first vice president became the target of a DNA campaign.
• And at the moment when there was a decision, a final statement from the DNA, then Mr. Iulian Dumitrescu resigned from all positions, precisely in order not to damage the image of the National Liberal Party, because this is an action directed against him personally. and for this he has made available everything related to the smooth functioning of DNA,” Chuke said.

He was also asked if he had asked Iulian Dumitrescu to resign or if that was not the case.

“It was not. I had a discussion with you and it was clear because it’s normal in a democratic party to have all the leverage so that we allow whoever is in that situation to make the decision.

And he accepted it, and the National Liberal Party will act in the same way from now on to have an act of justice, as it should be in a democratic country,” Nikolae Chuke was also quoted as saying by News.ro.

Asked if he thought the €600,000 that liberal Iulian Dumitrescu spent on vacations and shopping in just 18 months was a huge sum, Ciucé declined to comment:

• “This is the amount that Mr. Iulian Dumitrescu will have to justify before the criminal investigation authorities.
• Since this is a criminal investigation, let me stop there.”

When asked if liberal leaders would resign from their party positions if they became victims of criminal investigations, the PNL president said: “This is the rule, this is the custom that is being practiced. Of course, we also have party rules which stipulate that when this approach is not reached, there is a code of ethics, a party constitution, and then the National Politburo meets and decides on the person concerned. “.

Nikolae Chuke was also asked whether the PNL will have another candidate for the position of chairman of the Prahova District Council.

“As things look now, at the party level we will conduct analyzes to have a cell president. During this week at the National Politburo, we decided that the presidents of the cells should run for one of the positions at the local level, whether we are talking about the president of the district council or whether we are talking about the mayor. the office of the municipality, which is the center of the district, and then we will definitely take steps to be able to have a new manager in the branch,” Nikolay Chuke also stated.

The head of the district council of Prahova, the first vice-president of the PNL, Julian Dumitrescu, has been placed under the judicial control of DNA in a case in which he is suspected of receiving bribes and making false statements, he announced on Facebook on Thursday evening. , that he is resigning from all positions in the party “because the party has nothing to do with this case.”

Julian Dumitrescu was placed under judicial supervision on Thursday and is being investigated by the DNA for bribery and false statements.

According to anti-corruption prosecutors, he could have received more than 16 million lei from the businessman through some relatives, and investigators have also formulated charges of falsifying property declarations in his case. “The sums in question were allegedly spent mainly on trips abroad and the purchase of luxury items outside the country, a private high school, tennis lessons, renting an elite residential complex, etc.,” prosecutors say.