Nelu Tătaru, doctor and former minister of health, was questioned at the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) office in Iaşi on Thursday morning, October 10, in a bribery investigation. According to the local media, he is accused of having taken bribes from patients or their relatives.
Judicial sources cited by Digi24 said that the prosecutors have evidence that Tătaru, currently a surgeon at the hospital in Huși, had received bribery in food or money at least 100 times.
Nelu Tătaru was minister of health during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. He is the president of the Vaslui branch of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and deputy, thus benefiting from parliamentary immunity.
However, PNL leader and presidential candidate announced on Thursday that Nelu Tătaru was released from the position of president of the PNL Vaslui branch and from the leadership of the Health Committee in the Chamber of Deputies, Agerpres reported. He also said that Tătaru will not be on the candidate lists for the upcoming parliamentary elections.
irina.marica@romania-insider.com
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