The file « Mining », another attempt

Ion Iliescu, Petre Roman, Virgil Măgureanu, Gelu Voican-Voiculescu. Adrian Sârbu, Miron Cozma were sent to court in The file “Mineriada from June 13 – 15, 1990 ”, for offenses against humanity.

« The case prosecutor within the Military Prosecutor’s Office section of the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice ordered sending in Judgment of the defendants:

• Iliescu Ionon the date of the facts the president of the provisional council of national union and the elected president of Romania,
• Novel Petreat the date of the facts of the Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Romania,
• Voiculescu Gelu-Voicanat the time of the facts Deputy Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Romania,
• Măgureanu Virgilat the date of the director of the Romanian Intelligence Service,
• Sârbu Adrianat the date of the facts counselor of the Prime Minister of the Provisional Government,

all in terms of committing crimes against humanity, in the normative variants prev. of art. 439 para. 1 letter. a) (4 secondary passive subjects), letter. f) (2 secondary passive subjects), letter. g) (1311 secondary passive subjects), letter. j) (1211 secondary passive subjects) Criminal code, with applic. art. 5 Criminal code.

• Cozma Mironon the date of the facts of the union leader,

in the aspect of committing crimes against humanity, in the normative variants prev. of art. 439 para. 1 LIT f) (two secondary passive subjects), letter. g) (800 passive secondary subjects), letter. j) (715 passive secondary subjects) Criminal code, with applic. art. 5 Criminal code.

• gl. (r) Dobrinoiu Vasileat the date of the acts commander of the Higher Military School of Officers of the Ministry of Interior,

in the aspect of committing crimes against humanity, in the normative variants provided by art. 439 para. 1 letter. F (1 secondary passive subject), letter. G (417 secondary passive subjects), letter. J (417 secondary passive subjects 7) Criminal code, with applic. art. 5 Criminal code.

• col. (r) Peter Petre, at the date of the facts commander of the military unit 0575 Măgurele,

belonging to the Ministry of Interior, in terms of offenses against humanity, in the normative variants provided by art. 439 para. 1 letter. G (733 secondary passive subjects), letter. J (733 secondary passive subjects) Criminal code, with applic. art. 5 Criminal code.

From the evidence administered in question the following fact was found:

In June 1990, the highest decision makers in the Romanian state at that time-Iliescu Ion, Roman Petre, Voiculescu Gelu-Voican, helped by other persons close to the power or who supported it, among them Măgureanu Virgil-the director of the Romanian Intelligence Service, Sârbu Adrian-the Prime Minister’s adviser, they launched a policy of the civilian population. 4 people, 2 people were raped, the physical and/or mental integrity of over 1300 people were injured and over 1,200 people were persecuted by the illegal deprivation of freedom.

Starting with April 22, 1990, in the University Square in Bucharest there was a manifestation that stretched for several weeks, until June 13, 1990. The demonstration had the character of an opposition to the newly established power in Romania after the 1989 Revolution, the protesters verbally requesting, through communications and other forms of protest, which had no other forms in December 1989 passed by the party activist, the establishment of a free television and other such democratic invoice requests.

In this context, Iliescu Ion, Roman Petre, Voiculescu Gelu-Voican, Măgureanu Virgil and other persons in the management or front of the national salvation have launched an attack on the protesters in the University Square, who in fact represented a pretext meant to mask the repressive action against the persons who have previously participated in this manifestations It manifested some form of opposition or that fit into categories that, in their opinion, could manifest a potential opposition, especially students, intellectuals or people expressing the western values.

An important role in creating the implementation of the attack was the public, manipulative, insidious communication regarding the danger that the protesters represented for the democratic values, whose implementation is « in charge » of the new power.

Given the magnitude of the attack, its implementation required for the attack planners and attracting an impressive number of people, who acted on this attack, along with a large number of people who acted without knowing the existence of the attack, as a result of the manipulation to which they were subjected by the people who orchestrated the attack.

In this sense, for the implementation of the attack, the management of the state, especially Iliescu Ion, Roman Petre, Voiculescu Gelu-Voican, as well as the management of the Romanian Intelligence Service, respectively Măgureanu Virgil, with the participation of Sârbu Adrian, counselor of the prime minister, constituted a criminal group of systemic, heterogeneous, as well as of political nature It was involved a large number of people, with a different contribution and content to facts produced on an impressive scale. In the criminal picture, the persons who physically performed the criminal acts occupied a lower position in the group’s hierarchy, but the design and orchestration of the crime committed has returned to the political management of the Romanian state from that moment, through the mentioned persons.

From the administered evidence resulted the conactive at the level of planning and orchestration of the criminal plan, Iliescu Ion, Roman Petre, Voiculescu Gelu-Voican and Măgureanu Virgil playing the key roles, but the way they chose to implement it was through other non-participating persons.

Starting with June 13, 1990, the defendants put into practice the repressive action against the protesters in the University Square in Bucharest. In this attack, forces of the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of National Defense, the Romanian Intelligence Service, as well as over ten thousand miners and other workers from several areas of the country were involved illegally.

The repressive action had the character of a generalized and systematic attack, within which the following facts were committed:

1. death by shooting 4 persons;
2. the rape of two persons;
3. the injury of the physical or mental integrity of a total number of 1311 persons;
4. 4. Persecute by illegal deprivation of deprivation of the fundamental right to freedom and safety and the restriction of this right, on political reasons, a total number of 1211 persons.

The implementation of the repressive action was carried out on the morning of June 13, 1990, when over two hundred people were raised and transported to the military unit 0575 Măgurele of the Ministry of Interior, where they were detained until afternoon, when they were left, after a summary research.

At the same time, he entered force, without law, in the headquarters of the Institute of Architecture and the University of Bucharest, being searched several offices, and the people inside were evacuated by acts of violence.

According to the decision taken by the President of the Provisional Council of National Union, the Prime Minister of the Government of Romania, the deputy prime minister, leaders of the force institutions, as well as by the persons from the leadership of the national rescue, in the University Square, workers from the company of heavy cars were brought, who were in the area, The University Square together with the law enforcement, to prevent the return of the protesters.

The actions taken by the state authorities generated a violent response from the opponents, so that the headquarters of the Capital Police, the Ministry of Interior, the Romanian Television and the Romanian Intelligence Service were set.

The weapon was used with war ammunition by the law enforcement, in these circumstances 4 people were deadly shot.

The repression of the authorities continued, on June 14 and 15, 1990, through a systematic attack held together with the miners and workers from several counties of the country, who had become a true force, parallel to those recognized and organized according to the law.

In this context, the miners brought to Bucharest devastated the headquarters of the newly established or re -established political parties after the Revolution of December 1989 and which were in opposition, the homes of the main political leaders and offices of independent press publications and some educational institutions. They also assaulted residents of Bucharest, under the pretext that they are related to the demonstrations in the University Square.

The persons who were erected from the University Square, together with others considered to be related to the demonstrations, were forced into the military unit 0575 Măgurele and inside the Higher Military School of Officers from Baneasa, being deprived of liberty in an illegal way and in totally improper spaces. The deprivation of liberty without their legal forms lasted until the latest on June 22, 1990.

The accommodation of the civilians brought from the streets of Bucharest was made under totally improper conditions, in garages, both men and women, minors and elderly. Permanently, these people were under military guard, including when they had to go to the toilet. During these periods, the injured persons were not allowed to contact the relatives or someone from the outside, they did not receive adequate health care and were subjected to harassing and degrading treatments (including by simulating collective executions or by collective gas by release the exhaust gases in the detention spaces).

We specify that the state of fact retained and the legal classification of the facts are based exclusively the probation administered after 04.06.2021, to which the case was returned to the Prosecutor’s Office, as a result of the preliminary chamber procedure, after which all the evidence administered before 2017 were canceled and the nullity of the prosecutor was not performed.

The cause was submitted, for settlement, to the High Court of Cassation and Justice

It is not for the first time that they were sued in this file.

In 2017, they were in court for crimes against humanity, but in December 2020 the High Court of Cassation and Justice decided to return the file to the Military Prosecutor’s Office, for the restoration of the investigation from scratch.