According to a document obtained by Mediafax in July, AVAS asked Ponta to agree upon taking over Fortus Iasi’s debts to tax authority ANAF, the industrial platform’s major creditor.
The privatization authority said at that time that ANAF accepts restructuring the activity of Fortus Iasi only if the latter is declared bankrupt.
Fortus is controlled by the state, through AVAS, and has debts of over EUR50 million. It entered insolvency in 2007.
AVAS said in June it found several irregularities in Fortus Iasi management by its liquidator Casa de Insolventa Transilvania, CITR, and planed to restructure the company on viable modules to subsequently be sold at fair prices.
The liquidator said AVAS accusations are groundless, adding that all measures targeting Fortus Iasi were approved by creditors and the privatization authority, and were applied under legal supervision.