Traian Basescu: Elena Udrea notified me of ANRP irregularities

Former President Traian Basescu stated that Elena Udrea had notified him of the irregularities happening at the National Authority for Property Restitution (ANRP) and that he assumed the task of informing structures able to collect information and evidence.

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"Informing the president is broad. (...) The problem is if he remains captive to the information from the [intelligence] services or uses the solutions that I have used, to perceive signals and distribute them to the institutions he is in relations with. (...) Among those who have notified grave problems at the ANRP was Elena Udrea, so I confirm that she did that. She only had the information of those who came to notify her, interested persons, or from discussions with MPs. The person who assumed transmitting to structures that gather information and evidence was me", said on Sunday Traian Basescu, after participating in the People's Movement Party congress.

He showed that he was informed not only by Elena Udrea regarding the ANRP irregularities, but knew of them from other sources as well.

"Mrs. Udrea's statement ? that she informed me of the irregularities at the National Authority for Property Restitution ? is correct. But the President is also connected to other sources of information, such as the press summary of each morning in which the elements declared within an institution as priorities are underscored: corruption, economic fraud, etc.. Another extremely important source of information for the President is the Public Relations Department. (...) Periodically there is a summary of complaints done and you note that there are complaints regarding the way in which the restitution process is conducted. The connections to...