Marilena DINU, Galaţi
The "Solidaritatea" union of the metallurgic plant ArcelorMittal Galaţi filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday, with the office of the Public Prosecutor of the Galaţi Court, against the Chairman of the Board of ArcelorMittal, Lakshmi Nivas Mittal, against the General Manager of the Galaţi plant, Augustine Kochuparampil, against the Director of the Human Resources Department, Ionel Borş, against the manager of the Financial Department, Anca Toader, and against the Head of the Taxes and Salaries Office, Nicolae Covrig. According to the statements made by the leader of the "Solidaritatea" union, Gheorghe Tiber, the five persons mentioned above are accused of abuse of office, misappropriation of funds, infringement of union legislation and conspiracy to commit infractions. "Arcelor Mittal Galaţi pays 30 000 lei every month into the account of the
It is possible that the money ended up in the personal accounts of some of our former colleagues, who were recently excluded from the union ", Gheorghe Tiber, leader of the "Solidaritatea" Union said.
He also said that he filed a criminal complaint against four of his former union colleagues, accusing them of fraud, forgery and the use of forged official instruments (stamps), violation of union legislation and conspiracy to commit infractions. This criminal lawsuit was also filed on Tuesday and again with the office of the Public Prosecutor of the Galaţi court.
"We hope that the Office of the Public Prosecutor and the County Police Inspectorate will do their job in order to solve the cases as soon as possible and not drag things out like they did in prior similar cases, where the complaints and the files were put on hold for months or even years. Otherwise, we intend to stage protests before the office of the Public Prosecutor, and we will notify the General Inspectorate of the Romanian police" Gheorghe Tiber said.