Politician accused of participating in an unauthorised march he didn’t attend

Anatol Petrencu, the chairman of the “European Action” Movement (MAE) is accused by the Buiucani District Police Office of participating in an unauthorised march, held on March 25, an event he didn’t take part in. Petrencu told a press conference on Wednesday, March 28, that he was invited to the Police Office, where he was accused of participating in an unauthorised march, together with the members of the Romanians’ Democrat Forum (FDR) and laying flowers at the monument to Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great). Petrencu denies these accusations, stating that at that moment he was involved in a meeting with the members of the movement. According to him, policemen did not listen to his arguments, requesting him to appear before court on Wednesday. The leader of MAE asserts that these charges are related to the refusal of the Ministry of Justice to register the movement. Now the minister will have one more argument – the fact that the movement’s leader participates in unauthorised events. The chairman of FDR, Nicolae Dabija, told the same conference that after a manifestation of the Forum on Monday together with his colleagues he headed for the monument to Stefan cel Mare in order to lay flowers. Although this action hasn’t been a planned one, no violation of the legislation was committed. However, he has also been invited to the Buiucani Police Office, being accused of participating in an unauthorised meeting. He is also expected to appear before court. According to Dabija, these actions prove that the government is losing the ground beneath its feet and that it has totally lost rationality. On March 27, several members of the Liberal Party have been arrested and transported by force to the Police Office, while moving to lay flowers at the Central Cemetery. During the same altercations, the PRO TV reporting crew has been arrested and transported to the Police Station. The reporters from DTV channel were dispossessed of the tape with the events recorded. The tape was later destroyed.