IntMin Dan: President Iohannis induces idea 10 August violence, provoked by Gendarmerie

Minister of Interior Carmen Dan stated on Wednesday evening that President Klaus Iohannis tried to induce the idea that the people who provoked the acts of violence at the 10 August rally would have supposedly been sent from the Gendarmerie, a fact which she rules out. 

"From the mouth of the president I understand that he is trying to induce the idea that those people were sent from the Gendarmerie, which is out of the question. I have absolutely no information in that sense and I cannot believe that someone, in a structure with very clear duties in ensuring public order in such situations, a structure that has been doing that for a year and eight months and it does it well, could conceive such a diabolic plan without telling anyone and put it into practice. It is out of the question," Carmen Dan told private TV broadcaster Antena 3. 

She specified the president could have requested information on the people among the protesters who initiated the acts of violence at the protest in Victoriei Square, but didn't. 

"He passed on judgment beforehand and subsequently he had no interest in requesting information, because he has the right to do so, so that he can get some perspective. On the one hand he affirms the competent institutions must do their job but goes public on the very evening of 10 and passes judgment regarding the Gendarmerie's action. More than that, he calls on the General Prosecutor to take note ex-officio, general prosecutor who does not report to the president and who, what do you know, does it with bells and whistles," Carmen Dan further said.