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MPs endorsed a modification to the Criminal Code on December 10 that amounts to an ”almost absolute immunity” for parliamentarians and the President of the Republic regarding conflict of interest investigations, reports Adevărul.
The new Criminal Code means only civil servants are open to prosecution under its revised definition.
The daily points out that MPs are also preparing “to adopt an amnesty law for corruption offences.”
On the same day, the Senate rejected a bill on mining operations, which will come as a serious blow to the companies planning to extract gold at Roşia Montana.
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