MP of the Party “Dignity and Truth Platform” (PPPDA) Igor Munteanu requests Prime Minister Ion Chicu to make public the name of the person who proposed the amendment that “destroys the state budget by tax evasion”. He referred to the amendment that enables to import cigarettes duty free, noting this is tax evasion of millions of lei and this money will fail to be collected into the state budget, IPN reports, quoting a press statement of the party.

“If there is a state of emergency, I want to see exceptional measures towards a criminal intention shown by the authors of this wonderful assumption of responsibility. And don’t mislead the people by saying that the provision hasn’t yet generated losses. The criminal intention is punished in accordance with the law,’” stated Igor Munteanu.

He makes reference to Article 17 of the bill to amend a number of laws for which the Government assumed responsibility bypassing passage through Parliament.