Romania's Prosecutor General: Lukoil's withdrawal announcement puts pressure on prosecutors

Romania's Prosecutor General Tiberiu Nitu on Thursday said that the announcement of the Lukoil representatives on closing down the Petrotel Ploiesti refinery unless the lien on the company's goods is lifted, was meant to put pressure on the prosecutors of the Prosecutor's Office near the Court of Appeal of Ploiesti.

'This statement is in my opinion meant to put pressure on the prosecutor and intimidate him. Because such an announcement: 'If you don't lift the lien tomorrow, we are out of here,' can do just that,' Tiberiu Nitu said at the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM), when asked whether Lukoil's announcement threatened the prosecutors' independence.

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