The USR announced in a press release that it is requesting the call of Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu in the Parliament, at the “Government Hour”, to explain the relations with the Nordis group and about the flights with luxury aircraft rented by Nordis.
The prime minister presented invoices, claiming that the flights were paid photo inquam photos / archive
“The USR calls Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu at the” Government Hour “in Parliament, on March 3, 2025, to give explanations about his relations with the Nordis group and about the luxury flights paid from stolen money from Romanians”, announced the formation in a press release. The application will be analyzed in the Permanent Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies.
“Romania cannot continue with a prime minister who flies on the money of the real estate mafia and refuses to give explanations for months. Marcel Ciolacu must come to Parliament and tell the truth: Who paid him private aircraft? What political debts does it have towards the Nordis network? How did Laura Vicol promote in the position of president of the Legal Commission in the Chamber of Deputies? ”said Ionuț Moșteanu, the leader of USR deputies.
The political formation argued that, “For months, the press reveals details about the direct links between Marcel Ciolacu and the Nordis network. The Romanian prime minister flew in the private planes of the group that harmed thousands of Romanian investors and in which the DIICOT prosecutors confirmed a fraud scheme of huge proportions, and for all this they must answer ”.
“Instead of providing clear answers, Marcel Ciolacu hides and hopes that the Romanians will forget. USR will not let this topic be buried! Why do these benefits do not appear in the prime minister’s statements of wealth? What financial and political connections does Marcel Ciolacu have with the Nordis group? How institutions such as ANAF and ANPC came to protect the dubious affairs of Laura Vicol instead of defending the injured Romanians ”the party also transmitted.
“The situation of Romania is difficult. People who keep the economy in the back, entrepreneurs, are worried. Over 80,000 companies were canceled in 2024, 16% more than the previous year. Prices continue to rise. Extraism risks to capture the country, and foreign partners look at us with distrust. I was brought here by Ciolacu-Iohannis coalition. Now we need a credible prime minister, to inspire confidence, not one who protects the corrupt networks and mafia ”added Ionuț Mosteanu.
USR also claimed that “Marcel Ciolacu has no credibility anymore” and “It is essential for the Romanian democracy to come to the Parliament and to give the explanations that everyone is waiting for. Romania goes through a complicated moment and it takes calm, but also truth and transparency for citizens to regain their confidence in institutions.
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said in the context of Laura Vicol’s arrest that the Nordis scandal does not directly affect him, because he did not know that the owners of the company are part of a criminal group at the time of flights. He also showed the journalists the invoices of flights.
“The only thing at your referral, where I had certain suspicions, was in terms of the documents promoted and approved by the Legal Commission, by Mrs. Laura Vicol, where the group of the Social-Democrat party made an audit on each law signed and promoted. through the Legal Commission. There is no law that favored any company (we are not only talking about Nordis) or any law or an amendment that would have led to a favor in the economic area. “said Marcel Ciolacu.
At the end of last year, information appeared in the press that PSD leader, Marcel Ciolacu, Transport Minister Sorin Grindeanu and PSD deputy Laura Vicol together with their children flew from Monaco to Bucharest at the end of May 2022 with a private jet rented by Nordis.
Laura Vicol, the former head of the Legal Commission in the Chamber of Deputies, who resigned after the Nordis scandal, the company owned by her husband, later said that she flew “several times” with Marcel Ciolacu, in private planes.
