Gendarmerie

Censure motion/ PSD MPs step out of plenary hall, PNL inquires about gendarmes on site

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) deputy leader, Daniel Suciu, said on Thursday, after the Social Democrats stepped out of the plenary hall, that the Opposition representatives "do not even have a quorum and are trying some cons," adding that "it is a first when three or four parties submitting a censure motion run away from their own motion."

Legal professional body calls minister's statement likely to harm prestige of judiciary

The Prosecution Section of the Supreme Council of Magistrates (CSM) argues that statements by Interior Minister Carmen Dan regarding the case in which the heads of the Gendarmerie are being investigated are "statements that could harm the prestige of the judiciary in Romania."

IntMin Dan: Prosecution of Gendarmerie heads, another attempt at intimidation

The investigation of the General Prosecutor's Office of the protest on August 10, in which the heads of the Gendarmerie and a secretary of state with the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) are indicted, represent "another intimidation attempt from a state's fundamental institution", Minister of Interior Carmen Dan stated on Monday.

Order for people to leave Piata Victoriei, issued in violation of legal provisions, prosecutors say

The order for the protesters of the August 10 rally in Bucharest's Piata Victoriei to leave the area, issued by Laurentiu Cazan, the general director of the General Gendarmerie Directorate was given in violation of the legal provisions, says the Prosecutor's Office with the Supreme Court (PICCJ)

Liberals' motion: Immediate resignation of IntMin, Gendarmerie management as national security priority

In the simple motion titled "PSD truncheons hitting Romanian democracy in the face" filed on Wednesday with the Chamber of Deputies, the Liberals call for the immediate resignation of Interior Minister Carmen Dan and of the Gendarmerie leadership.

Prosecutors order forensic probe of ammunition, containers taken from Gendarmerie

Military prosecutors ordered the forensic probe of the tear gas and irritant incapacitants present in the ammunition and containers taken from the headquarters of the Romanian Gendarmerie as part of ongoing investigations into the gendarmes' use of force during the August 10 protest.

Romanian Riot Police Summoned to Explain Violent Intervention

After the Romanian General Prosecutor's Office received over 650 complaints from people who suffered after riot police violently intervened in the anti-government protests in Bucharest on August 10, it summoned a number of figures to explain their conduct on Thursday, including the head of the Special Gendarmerie Brigade, Colonel Catalin Paraschiv.

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