abuse of office

Former political adversaries have joined forces and are running together in the local elections, one for the mayor’s office and the other for the County Council, after years of mutual attacks. Candidates investigated or indicted for corruption are also seen as suitable for the positions of mayor or County Council president. In the race for […]

Former PSD leader Liviu Dragnea dreamed in 2017 to partially decriminalizing abuse of office primarily for himself, to escape charges in the fictitious employment case. At the time, a group of PSD supporters initiated a bill setting the threshold for abuse of office to be considered a crime at 200 thousand lei. The damage in […]