The Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Alexandru Slusari, said that the state did not receive the full amount for the lease of three lots of publicly owned land on Grenoble street in the capital, which have a total area of 10 hectares. In a press conference, the MP said that the lots of land were leased to two legal entities and to a natural person via executive order in February 2019, while the executive does not have that power.
"The lease of public domain land falls within the remit of the Public Property Agency", said the deputy speaker of Parliament.
According to him, two of the lands, leased for 20 years, are used for "the construction of an agro-industrial complex". "This framing is very vague. What does agro-industrial complex mean? Neither does the informative note explain what it is. It reads infrastructure, tourism, agricultural market, trading hall and rest and recreation area. Everything is mashed up into a pot", said the MP.
In regard to the third lot of land, Alexandru Slusari said that the natural person who was leased the lot for a 17 year term wants to set up an agro-touristic complex. "According to the Land Code, only the owners of agricultural land can set up tourist accommodation structures without changing the destination of the respective lands. Only the owners have the right to do so", said the vice chairman of Parliament.
Alexandru Slusari said that he requested the executive for a revision of the decision that led to the lease of the land. Additionally, Alexandru Slusari referred to the National Ant-corruption Center and the General Prosecutor's Office in order to request an investigation into the lease. "I hope that the press will take over this story and will investigate what is happening on these lands", said Alexandru Slusari.