Member of Parliament and head of the Parliamentary Committee for the control of SRI's (Romanian Intelligence Service) activity, Adrian Tutuianu, stated on Thursday that he was assured by the Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service, Eduard Hellvig, that the institution will inform the Committee "whenever there are elements showing that some companies, through their carried out activities, interfere with what it is called national security."
"I tell you that all the members of the Committee brought almost all that circulated in the public space in front of the SRI's leadership. And I saw here some comments including regarding myself. And namely that I am against the multinational companies, the PSD [Social Democratic Party] is against the multinational companies. Some even went on making comments about the goods I have in my house. (...) The first matter - PSD has nothing against any multinational company or any company in Romania. Companies are important in creating jobs, paying taxes and duties, observing the existing normative framework. Secondly - there was information, and we asked to be checked, on the activity of some companies' management and, in order to be very balanced, both on foreign capital, as well on Romanian capital, that were involved in these protests. I pointed out a draft law: the use of society's goods and society's credit in the interest of a third party, it is a violation of the Law 31/1990", Adrian Tutuianu stated, after the hearing of SRI's Director at the Committee, when asked whether at the hearings the aspect of "multinational companies' involvement" in the protests in Victoriei Square was clarified.
The head of the Parliamentary Committee for the control of SRI's activity also said that "the presence of a Director of a multinational company, which is found having litigations with the Romanian state on some issues, at the demonstrations" is "at least out of place." "I keep my statement", Tutuianu stated. He added that "there is a European Directive which should be implemented in Romania." "Today I had a discussion on the potential reactions of some companies towards the implementation of this Directive and the intentions of legislative amendments, Fiscal Code and so on of the Government or regarding the the minimum salary on the national economy. I was assured that all the matters on the national security (...) will be brought into our attention by the SRI. If we talk of the violation stipulated by the Law 31/1990, obviously, SRI has no connection, the Police should do checkups and then, it is the Prosecutor's Office's duty because it is not the SRI's duty. Secondly, it is the duty of the Romanian Intelligence Service if there are elements or activities regarding the national security. SRI will inform the SRI oversight Committee whenever there are elements that show some companies, through the activities they carry out, interfere with what national security means", Tutuianu stated.
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