The joint parliamentary defence committees discussed on Tuesday the activity report of the Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) for 2024, one of the chapters referring to the annulment of the presidential elections.
Defence Committee of the Chamber of Deputies head Mihai Weber said at the end of the meeting that ‘it was clearly said that there was interference by state and non-state actors favouring a candidate.’
‘It was answered strictly within the area of unclassified information. It was clearly said that there was interference by state and non-state actors, something that had also been said at the end of 2024. The rest was a report of the Supreme Council for National Defence, a report that also has an unclassified character and runs to 68 pages. Of course, all aspects were taken into account and the relevant questions were answered, but certain answers fell within the area of classified information. (…) I assume that the meeting will be declassified, if the president has promised this. I know that at that time only certain elements were declassified, and I reiterate that there was interference by state and non-state actors in the elections in Romania, favouring a candidate. This was said explicitly then, those were the pieces of information that were declassified. Now there was also this CSAT report on activity in 2024, which has certain classified annexes,’ Mihai Weber said.
According to him, the conclusions of the committee meeting relate to several aspects, and a report will be drafted and submitted to the joint plenary session of Parliament.
‘There were several aspects. Of course, the activity of the CSAT was presented. The report is to reach the joint plenary,’ added the chairman of the Defence Committee of the Chamber of Deputies.
Asked what new perspective the CSAT report brought compared with the previous one, he replied: ‘First of all, there are those security guarantees that Romania has and which have, through decisions, been improved, because the security climate is in constant motion. Ultimately, what matters to us is that Romania’s safety and security and the strengthening of its profile as a partner on NATO’s Eastern Flank become increasingly solid. There are several aspects related to this, but the most important thing is that we must understand that membership of NATO and membership of the European Union provide the highest security guarantees Romania has ever had. And these must be continuously refined, year by year.’
Mihai Weber also referred to the defence strategy: ‘We also had that defence strategy for Romania. We have seen that the United States has now come forward with a new approach, with a new strategy. This was also one of the discussions held within the joint committees, namely to improve our own strategy, our national strategy, depending on the strategy published by our strategic partner after we had approved the national strategy.’ AGERPRES
