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Claudiu Manda, validated as chairman of SRI activity oversight committee

September 13, 2017

Parliament approved on Wednesday in a plenary meeting the appointment of Social Democratic Party (PSD) Senator Claudiu Iulian Manda as member and chairman of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) activity oversight committee. A number of 309 Parliament members voted in favour of the PSD group proposal, and 36 senators and deputies voted against. There was […]

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