Gogu owns 14.64% of UM-Soft, a company that does business with
several public institutions, including local authorities in Bacau
county, and the Pension House. Mioara Vreme, the minister’s wife,
owns the majority stock in UM-Soft.
Gogu also works as an advisor in the Communications Ministry.
Vreme said all the appointments he made at the Posta Romana were based on “competences” and that, although he has relatives and friends, he did not give them any incentives unless they were competent.
“Mr. Gogu is a competent, moral and honorable person – that is why he was appointed to Posta Romana’s board of directors. Whatever one may insinuate, the main criterion for my appointment has been competence. Is this illegal?” he said.
Asked by ZF what competences he was referring to, the communications minister said Gogu was an engineer and had IT expertise. He also said “[Gogu] is not executive manager of the company, so (lack of) experience is not an issue.”
“I will act on any signal from the media and if there’s any problem, I will get him off the job instantly,” the minister added.