#FamilyReferendum/Dajbog (MAI): 12 possible offences or misdemeanors recorded so far; 3 not confirmed

The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI), Monica Dajbog, on Saturday stated that there were 12 complaints of possible offences or misdemeanors recorded so far related to the referendum on revising the Constitution. 

"In terms of public order, there were no special problems signaled so far. But there were 12 complaints of possible offences or misdemeanors related to the referendum; upon checking, three of these were not confirmed", Dajbog specified, in a press conference held at the MAI. 

"In Ploiesti, there was a citizen who notified the Police that he was not allowed to vote based on his passport. A police file was immediately opened over preventing a person from voting. We remind you that the Romanian citizens can vote in Romania based on their passport only if the passport mentions their residence in another country than Romania. We are talking here about the simple passport, temporary passport and the electronic passport. Romanian citizens that are established in Romania can vote based on their identification card and the provisional identification card. (...) Also in Pitesti, the members of the electoral office of a voting section left the respective station with the special ballot box being accompanied by a police officer from the Local Police, where he had the obligation to request that a MAI staff accompany him. Police officers have started an investigation in this case", the spokesperson of MAI said. 


According to Monica Dajbog, in a town in Prahova County police officers are investigation a person who announced the members of the voting station that he voted twice in two different sections. 

"The person, after voting once, realized that he did not vote in the way that he wanted. In Pitesti, the president of a voting section notified that three people were consuming alcoholic beverages close to the voting section. A gendarmes patrol was sent to the location, which concluded that the persons in question were not consuming alcoholic beverages, but were disturbing public order. They were sanctioned 200 Ron each", Dajbog said. 

In Caras-Severin County, the police officer that was part of the security team of a voting section noticed that a man who was ready to enter the section had a BB gun. He was taken to the police subunit where it was established that he drank alcohol and he was fined according to the Policy for arms and munitions, in which it is forbidden to carry a weapon under the influence of alcohol. 

The spokeswoman for the MAI specified that of the 674 people with a right to vote from detainment centers and protective custody of the Romanian Police, 513 of them requested to vote with the special ballot box. Until 12:00, 219 of them had voted.