The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies in a joint plenary meeting approved, on Wednesday, the establishment of a joint parliamentary inquiry committee to verify the expenses incurred by and for the Presidential Administration between 2014 and 2024. A total of 258 parliamentarians voted "in favour" of establishing the committee, while two voted "against." The inquiry committee is made up of 15 members: seven from the Social Democratic Party (PSD), four from the National liberal Party (PNL), two from the Save Romania Union (USR), and one each from the Alliance for Romanians' Union (AUR) and the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR).
The committee will aim to determine the reasons for the secrecy of the documents related to the expenses of the Presidential Administration, as well as the legal basis for this secrecy. It will also determine the amounts paid for the rental of luxury private jets used for the president's internal and external trips, the expenses for accommodation abroad in special conditions - premium and with special facilities requested by the head of state - and the total number of external trips made by the president between 2014 and 2024, along with the total expenses for these trips. Additionally, the inquiry committee intends to determine the expenses made for the preferential renovation of residential spaces provided to the president by law, "generated by the president's hobbies and preferences.
" It will also assess the expenses related to the landsca.