The producer explained first the meaning of influence peddling and conflict of interest. He also continued mentioning that a conflict of interest injunction is punishable with a 1 to 5 years sentence in prison. Are Mr. Ungureanu and his adviser guilty of conflict of interest breach?
Mihai Gadea also presented the Fabulospirit scandal, a political business deal of around 5 million euros. Fabulospirit was meant to be publicity campaign emphasizing Romanians joy of living , the only characteristic particular to Romanians.
Bu the cost of this consultancy project amounted to 110,000 euros, and the entire image campaign project amounted to no less than 5 million.
The Fabulospirit slogan cost 9,166 euros per each letter used, amounting to the overall fabulous sum of 110,000 euros, the cotidianul.ro stated at the time.
In response to Antenna 3’s request, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a letter mentioning that the overall contract value for the Fabulospirit amounted to 130.000 euros VAT included and it was signed on December 4, 2006, with the Generic Audio Vizual SRL company. Mihai Razvan Ungureanu was invited at the time to a TV show where he tried to justify this amount.
The producer presented at the same time an extremely interesting piece of information and that was how much it cost to paint Mihai Razvan Ungureanu’s bureau when he took office as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Official documents revealed that it amounted to 451 million ROL (Old Romanian currency).