What a former Ponta minister about the flood episode knows

Răzvan Nicolescu, former Minister of Energy in the government led by Ponta, in 2014, when the latter decided to flood some Romanian villages, in order not to endanger Belgrade, explained, at B1 TVthat the decision did not go through the Government and the Ministry of Energy was not involved.

« I do not know what Mr. Ponta referred to with that decision he says he has made. There are usually several entities involved. First, Romanian waters, a director subordinated to the Ministry of Environment. They decide when a discharge must be made or should not be done.

There is Hidroelectrica. Every time there is a problem on the Danube there is a higher risk of floods on the lower Danube, as is positioned for example Belgrade, but there is a risk of damage to the Iron Gates and sometimes they take the measure to no longer produce energy to protect the aggregates. What was attina, what he says he decided, Hidroelectirca was in an insolvency procedure, under special administration I cannot tell you, he must explain what he referred to, if he tried to protect the aggregates, if he tried to protect Belgrade, if he tried to protect them both, « Nicolescu said.

According to Răzvan Nicolescu, there was no official decision in this regard:

« There was no Government meeting, no official decision. I saw the statements in the press. It is not a government decision, it is a technical decision and you analyze how things are technically. It has to explain. Only the one can explain what it was referred to. specially ordered by a judge.