Human tragedy is exploited politically, youth and sport minister

Minister of Transport and Youth Ion Cebanu said the accusations made against the Ministry in a news conference on March 25 represent political exploitation of a human tragedy, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting a communiqué from the institution. “I know this case very well. I had a meeting with Mrs Veronica Ciobanu, who lost her son last year. I tried to comfort and support her. I do not want to comment on the recent accusations as the legal case opened by the Prosecutor’s Office was closed long ago and there is no evidence of negligence or other failures on the part of the organizers of the summer vacation in Romania’s Sulina. Certain political players try to reap advantages by exploiting a mother’s tragedy. I’m sure that the previous news conference held by Veronica Ciobanu and today’s one have been organized by jurists-politicians of the Communist parliamentary group. They planned a new political show,” said Ion Cebanu. Veronica Ciobanu, the mother of a 14-year-old boy who allegedly drowned in the Romanian camp Sulina last summer, considers that her son was in reality trafficked. In a news conference on March 25, the woman accused the Ministry of Youth and Sport of the disappearance of her son. The conference was held in concert with the deputy head of the National Independent Center for Investigations and Human Rights Defense Tudor Ciorap, who is the woman’s lawyer.