Diana Buzoianu: “The inspectors who uncovered the illegal gravel pit on the Olt have just received the decision to have their cars confiscated so that they can no longer carry out inspections”

Former Environment Minister Diana Buzoianu claims that ministry inspectors who discovered illegal gravel pits in Olt County were ordered to have their official cars withdrawn. The message was published on Facebook on Tuesday evening, in the context of the new Environment Minister Natalia Intotero stating that inspections at gravel pits would continue.

According to Diana Buzoianu, the measure would prevent the inspectors from carrying out further inspections. The former minister accuses Daniel Naicu, a PSD county councilor and director of the Jiu Water Basin Administration, of having ordered the withdrawal of the right to use vehicles from the inspectors involved in the inspections in Olt.

Buzoianu claims that the operations identified gravel pits that allegedly caused the state losses of 20 million lei. She also claims that Daniel Naicu was reinstated as director after the PSD returned to leadership of the Ministry of the Environment.

The statements represent the former minister’s allegations, and the available information does not include a position from the Ministry of the Environment, the Jiu Water Basin Administration, or Daniel Naicu. The checks concerning the legality of the mining operations and the reasons for withdrawing the cars are not detailed in the message published by Buzoianu.