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PSD leader Marcel Ciolacu assures that on Monday he will have a “clarifying discussion” with Daniel Tudorache, former mayor of Sector 1, whether or not he wants to enter Parliament, given that he is being processed, writes news.ro. Ciolacu says that he has not broken his promise not to bring people to trial in Parliament, because Daniel Tudorache is not in this situation. However, on November 26, after Tudorache’s self-suspension from the party, Ciolacu stated that “this also implies that he will not be validated by Parliament’s validation commission, because he is not a member of the party.” Dan Tudorache’s mandate as a deputy – accused by DNA on November 21 – was validated by the Central Electoral Bureau.
Dan Tudorache appears on the list of deputies elected and confirmed by the Central Electoral Office, in second place in Bucharest, after Alexandru Rafila. In addition, on Saturday Dan Tudorache went to Parliament to officially assume his mandate.
Marcel Ciolacu affirmed Sunday night that he did not break his promise not to bring the people sent to trial in Parliament, because Daniel Tudorache is not in this situation. However, on November 26, after Tudorache’s self-suspension from the party, Ciolacu stated that “this also implies that he will not be validated by Parliament’s validation commission, because he is not a member of the party.”
Marcel Ciolacu was asked on Sunday night, on Antena 3, what happens to Daniel Tudorache, if he will enter Parliament, considering that he is being investigated in a criminal case.
“We have made a political decision, no one who is sent to court is running for parliament. However, anticipating that there is a presumption of innocence, in the case of Mr. Tudorache, immediately after the DNA investigation begins, so was not sent to trial, it decided to suspend him mainly from the position of President of Sector 1. Mr. Tudorache’s mandate should not be granted by Marcel Ciolacu or the PSD, it is granted by the BEC and the Court. Tomorrow we will see in the validation commission which It is the base and on Monday morning I will have a clarifying discussion with Mr. Tudorache if he wants to continue the process of not entering Parliament or wants to enter Parliament and then we need an urgent political decision within the party “, transmitted the leader of the PSD He explained that he had not broken any promises.
“Mr. Tudorache is not being sued. I did not break any promises. My promise was very clear: no one comes to trial,” explained Marcel Ciolacu.
Daniel Tudorache announced on Facebook, after being placed under judicial control on bail for complicity in influence peddling and money laundering, that he decided to suspend himself from the PSD.
In response, Marcel Ciolacu then stated that since he was suspended from the PSD, this means that he will no longer be validated as a Romanian Member of Parliament. Tudorache was elected second on the party’s list, in the Bucharest Chamber of Deputies.
“After Mr. Tudorache’s problems came up, I had a manly argument with him and I’m glad he understood. He decided to suspend himself until he solved all his problems with the law. He told me:” It seems fair to me to suspend myself from the party until has finished all the problems with the justice. “This also implies that you will not be validated as a member of the Romanian Parliament. You have the right to defend yourself. There is a presumption of innocence. This also implies that you will not be validated by the Parliament’s validation committee, because He is not a member of the party. The fact that it was suspended automatically implies that he will lose his parliamentary mandate, “said Marcel Ciolacu at a press conference on November 26.
On November 21, DNA announced that the former mayor of the PSD of sector 1, Daniel Tudorache, had been prosecuted for influence peddling and money laundering, and prosecutors agreed that he should post a bond of 1 million euros.
According to DNA, in the period 2008-2018, Daniel Tudorache allegedly profited from disproportionately large sums of money compared to his income and allegedly appealed to his wife and housekeeper to hide the illegally obtained money. Thus, accounts were opened in his name, bought in the name of his ex-wife, worth 305,000 euros and 470,000 lei, as well as jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of euros, including a 190,000-euro diamond.
In the same case, a criminal proceeding was also ordered against his ex-wife and a natural person from the mayor’s environment, for complicity in money laundering, influence peddling respectively.
The accusations that the DNA brought him
- Between September 2016 and May 2017, the person from Daniel Tudorache’s entourage allegedly demanded from a businessman a commission of 10% of the value of the service contract that the businessman had with an institution subordinate to the City Council Sector. 1. In exchange for the money, the interested party agrees to intervene, on behalf of the mayor, with the responsible officials, so that the contract is carried out in good conditions (timely payment of bills and update of rates).
- In exchange for the influence peddling, the member of the mayor’s entourage would have received the total amount of 105,000 lei in cash, as well as the amount of 8,640 lei disguised as payment of fictitious tax invoices issued by a company belonging to the influence peddler.
- In the activities described, the person who trafficked with his influence was allegedly supported by the then mayor Daniel Tudorache. It would have reinforced the employer’s belief that the commission applicant was his envoy and that he had to keep in touch with him for the proper functioning of the contract. In this way, Tudorache would have confirmed the true nature of the influence.
- In fact, there is a reasonable suspicion that the then mayor Daniel Tudorache was the main beneficiary of the sums received by the person from his entourage.
- During his tenure (2008-2018), the defendant Daniel Tudorache allegedly received sums of money disproportionately large compared to his legal income.
- To hide the origin of the sums of money allegedly obtained illegally, he brought two people (the wife and the housekeeper), who acted as the apparent owners of the sums of money to introduce the sums through the two. in the civil circuit.
- The money thus introduced into the civil circuit would have been used to pay for trips abroad, jewelry, luxury clothing both in the country and abroad, cars, real estate, private schools, loans, constitution of deposits.
In the reference period (2008-2018), in which Daniel Tudorache would have achieved total legal income of 605,782 lei (which represents an average of approximately one thousand euros per month), it is suspected that he had committed the crime of consistent money laundering in in the:
- – depositing sums of money in cash through his ex-wife and housekeeper, in bank accounts opened in his name – a total of 2,990,000 lei and 235,000 euros;
- – the purchase of real estate on behalf of the ex-wife for a total amount of 305,000 euros and 470,000 lei, amounts also paid in cash;
- – granting a loan to a person, also in cash, for the amount of 920,000 euros, through his ex-wife;
- – the purchase of jewelery, including diamonds, the value of which will be determined (tax invoices were identified for various jewels, including: a ring worth € 58,500, a jewelry set worth US $ 64,225, a diamond ring worth 80,000 euros and a diamond worth 190,000 euros (advance 35,000 euros), a ring worth 65,000 euros, a set of earrings and a necklace with a pendant worth 11,200 euros, etc.);
- – the purchase of shares in a football club, through his ex-wife;
- – joint venture with a private company for the amount of 640,000 euros, also through the ex-spouse;
- all with funds suspected of being criminal offenses.
Tudorache is also the subject of DNA in a case related to the purchase of tablets for students.
