Theodor Stolojan’s electoral campaign committee on Monday specified, within a statement sent to the press, that the group of Romanian firms led by Theodor Stolojan, which intended to acquire 35 percent in Petrom National Oil Company’s stock, did not require an ownership certificate before the payment of shares, as Industry minister Radu Berceanu had stated in an interview BBC broadcast on Sunday.
“We doubt that a serious individual or institution has ever made Radu Berceanu such a proposal, of granting an ownership certificate ahead of payments,” reads the statement.
In the above-mentioned interview, Berceanu had stated that he had received an offer for the privatisation of Petrom from the part of a Romanian group of firms – Tofan, Gelsor and Grivco, which offered over 600 million dollars for part of Petrom stock.
“The person who handled this offer was Theodor Stolojan. He handled the set up of the group and all financial conditions,” the minister stated.