Former Deputy Prime Minister Gelu Voican Voiculescu showed up at the General Prosecutor's Office on Thursday morning to be informed that he is a defendant in the June 1990 Mineriad case for committing crimes against humanity.
The prosecutors must redo the investigation in this case, as the evidence gathered was annulled in court, said Agerpres.
Initially, in June 2017, the case was sent to trial, but the Supreme Court ruled in December 2020 to return the file to the Military Prosecutor's Office for the investigation to be redone from scratch.
So far, former President Ion Iliescu, former Prime Minister Petre Roman, General (ret.) Vasile Dobrinoiu, Colonel (ret.) Petre Peter, Adrian Sarbu, former head of cabinet of former Prime Minister Petre Roman, and Miron Cozma, former leader of the miners from the Jiu Valley, have been re-indicted.
Prosecutors argue that, in June 1990, individuals holding decision-making positions in the Romanian state at the time launched a policy of repression against the civilian population in the Capital, resulting in the death of 4 individuals, the rape of 2 individuals, the physical and/or psychological harm of over 1,300 people, and the illegal deprivation of liberty of over 1,200 people.