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The President's spokesperson, Madalina Dobrovolschi, said, on Friday that the head of state called General Florian Coldea to the Cotroceni Presidential Palace and that there was a discussion between the two.
Dobrovolschi mentioned that she does not have information regarding the content of this discussion.
Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Eduard Hellvig decided on Thursday to create a special committee following the information which appeared in public referring to General Florian Coldea and until the checks are complete Coldea is placed at the SRI's Director disposal, a release of the institution informs.
According to the quoted source, General Coldea's duties were taken over by Eduard Hellvig.
General Florian Coldea was the target of allegations made during a recording broadcast at private broadcaster Romania TV in which former deputy Sebastian Ghita, currently missing, said that General Coldea had blackmailed former Prime Minister Victor Ponta to determine the latter to propose National Anticoruption Directorate (DNA) head Laura Codruta Kovesi to her current position.
