Romanian prosecutors close case on 2009 presidential elections

The General Prosecutor’s office near Romania’s High Court of Cassation and Justice yesterday decided to classify the case on the 2009 presidential elections. The prosecutors explained there is no evidence to point to a criminal action or abuse of office. At the end of April, the General Prosecutor’s office announced its decision to open an investigation into the 2009 presidential elections. Prosecutors began investigating possible acts of abuse of office and forging public documents and election data. The General Prosecutor’s office decided to start this investigation after local journalist Dan Andronic, who worked as a campaign consultant for former President Traian Basescu in those elections, said he attended a meeting on elections night at the home of former interior minister Gabriel Oprea. He said that the former director and deputy director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) and Romania’s former General Prosecutor and current chief anticorruption prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi were at that meeting. editor@romania-insider.com