Iulian Dumitrescu, the baron accused of corruption, submitted his candidacy for the head of the Prahova County Council

The baron with the Lamborghini is being investigated under judicial control for corruption, having also been banned from holding office. His candidacy caused a series of complaints at the coalition level.

While the prime minister asked for discussions on the topic of a possible new mandate for Dumitrescu, the liberal leaders asked the party members to support him as head of the Council.

Immediately after submitting the candidacy, several people came to the County Electoral Office to express their dissatisfaction.

Two people asked to be allowed to submit a memorandum against Iulian Dumitrescu’s candidacy.

“The President of PNL Prahova, Iulian Dumitrescu, submitted today, April 24, the signatures and the candidacy file for a second mandate as head of the County Council. The decision was taken following discussions with the mayors and other local elected officials who requested him Dumitrescu that there should be continuity at the level of the county administration in the context of the projects of over three billion euros from European funds that CJ Prahova managed to attract during his mandate”, announced PNL Prahova, in a press release.

In relation to the criminal case against him, Iulian Dumitrescu maintains that he has the legal and constitutional right to run for office, collaborates with the criminal investigation institutions, considers himself innocent and expects a solution as soon as possible from the judiciary, the quoted source says.

Iulian Dumitrescu is being investigated by anti-corruption prosecutors for bribery and false declarations and is prohibited from exercising his position as president of CJ Prahova.

Iulian Dumitrescu is accused that, between November and December 2022, he demanded from a businessman to purchase, in exchange for the sum of 47,500,000 lei, the shares owned by his brother-in-law in a commercial company, a value overestimated compared to the real value, and would have received the total sum of 16,210,000 lei by 04.12.2023.

One of the businessman’s companies would have had a contract with CJ Prahova at the time of the claim, and after the acquisition of the shares from Iulian Dumitrescu’s brother-in-law, a new works contract would have been assigned to him with the beneficiary CJ Prahova.

At the same time, the DNA claimed that irregularities were detected in Dumitrescu’s wealth declarations.