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Justice Minister Tudorel Toader stated on Friday that there is currently no legal ground for withdrawing the extradition request formulated on the name of deputy Sebastian Ghita, who is in Serbia.
Asked about the situation of Elena Udrea, Puiu Popoviciu, Alina Bica and Sebastian Ghita, Toader showed that irrespective of the name, they all need to benefit from the presumption of innocence.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court acquitted former MP Sebastian Ghita in a case in which he is tried alongside former heads of police and prosecutor's offices, under a non-final ruling.
According to the court's ruling, Sebastian Ghita was acquitted of two offenses of bribery, influence peddling, money laundering, blackmail, two offenses of use in any way, directly or indirectly, of information not intended for public or allowing the access of unauthorized people to such information and driving a vehicle without a driving license.
At the same time, the court ordered the preventive arrest warrant on Ghita to be rescinded, his assets under a lien be freed and he be paid back the bail of 54 million lei.
