The risk of blackout. Public Call of the Minister of Energy

The Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja, states that there is no risk of Blackout in Romania during the first round for the President of Romania, and those who spread such misinformations on social networks, « through which they put the fear in the population », must support the consequences.

« On the social networks, numerous posts began to be distributed announcing the production of a power out in our country, during the first round. Blackout in Romania.

It considers that the attempt to « manipulate coarse » is based on the ads made by the energy distribution companies that carry out maintenance and/or modernization of the network. « Such works are normal, they happen almost daily, with the purpose of preventing precisely the occurrence of problems in electricity supply, » the minister said.

Burduja made a public appeal to all Romanians to be informed from official sources, but also a call to the media representatives to carefully check the alarmist titles to inform them correctly.

« Who spreads such misinformations, by which the fear in the population, must bear the consequences. We can no longer tolerate the fake news, creating the panic with bad faith and the attack on national stability and safety. I make a public call to all Romanians to be informed from official sources and a special call to the media, Alarmist and to inform the Romanians correctly ”, wrote the Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja, on the social network.