MP Udrea brought before the Supreme Court

Former Minister of Regional Development and Tourism MP Elena Udrea on Wednesday was brought before the Supreme Court of Justice and Cassation, where judges are expected to consider a request from the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) that Udrea be remanded in custody for her involvement in the Microsoft case.

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The court session is not public.

After getting off from the police van that drove her to the headquarters of the Supreme Court, Udrea touched her nose with a finger, thus repeating a controversial gesture she also did at a plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies on Monday evening. Back then, she explained that she wanted to convey a message to a dear person that everything is all right.

On Tuesday evening, Udrea was detained in the Microsoft case, after hours of hearings, for having allegedly committed the following crimes: influence peddling (related to the conclusion and running of a framework agreement for Microsoft licenses in 2009, the subsequent contracts and additional acts to said contracts); influence peddling (in connection to the execution of the e-Romania contract); influence peddling (related to the request and receipt of 500,000 euro); and money laundering. AGERPRES