{"id":122462,"date":"2017-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/constitutional-court-blocks-olanesti-palace-transfer-to-sri\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:32:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:32:56","slug":"constitutional-court-blocks-olanesti-palace-transfer-to-sri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/constitutional-court-blocks-olanesti-palace-transfer-to-sri\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitutional Court blocks Ol\u0103ne\u0219ti Palace transfer to SRI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The transfer of the Ol\u0103ne\u0219ti Palace, built in 1989 for use by President Nicolae Ceau\u0219escu, from the administration of the State Protocol Heritage Administration (RA-APPS) to that of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), approved in 2013 by the Ponta Government, has been blocked by the judges of the Constitutional Court.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The CCR decision was taken by a majority vote.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&bdquo;The Court found that the challenged legal provisions were adopted in violation of the constitutional requirements provided by Art. 1 para. (4) and (5) regarding the principle of separation and balance of powers and the principle of legality, Art. 44 regarding the right to private property, and Art. 115 para. (4) regarding the conditions for adopting a Government Emergency Ordinance,&rdquo; the Constitutional Court states.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The last article of the Constitution invoked stipulates that &rdquo;The Government may adopt emergency ordinances only in extraordinary situations whose regulation cannot be postponed, having the obligation to justify the urgency within them.&rdquo;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Valued in 2013 at 45,200,000 RON, the Ol\u0103ne\u0219ti complex comprises two building wings, a villa, a heliport, a park, and over 10 hectares of land.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Why was the transfer of the Ol\u0103ne\u0219ti Palace blocked?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Constitutional Court ruled that the transfer violated the principle of separation of powers and the legal requirements for adopting emergency ordinances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the estimated value of the Ol\u0103ne\u0219ti complex?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the complex, which includes a heliport and over 10 hectares of land, was valued at 45,200,000 RON.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who was the original intended user of the palace?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The palace was built in 1989 specifically for the use of the former Romanian president, Nicolae Ceau\u0219escu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The transfer of the Ol\u0103ne\u0219ti Palace, built in 1989 for use by President Nicolae Ceau\u0219escu, from the administration of the State Protocol Heritage Administration (RA-APPS) to that of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), approved in 2013 by the Ponta Government, has been blocked by the judges of the Constitutional Court. The CCR decision was taken&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2852],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hotels-restaurants"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/hotelieri-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122462"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}