Sector 4 Mayor Daniel Băluță revealed Monday that medical tests confirmed arsenic and mercury poisoning, a situation he’s been quietly investigating for some time.
A Discreet Investigation, Now Public
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The mayor explained he delayed public disclosure during the recent election cycle, not wanting to appear as though he was seeking sympathy.
- Băluță stated medical analyses definitively confirm the poisoning, not merely suggesting it.
- He ruled out political involvement, emphasizing he doesn’t believe the situation stems from the political arena.
- The revelation echoes a 2019 incident involving former Bucharest Mayor Gabriela Firea, who discovered a foreign object during a medical procedure.
- Băluță intends to share more information with police as it becomes available, stressing the importance of evidence.
“I am a very rational man, I am not a man to complain, and until I have certainty, I could never take such an action,” Băluță said. “I am still analyzing the last period of time and I am convinced that one way or another I will reach a result. But it is not natural to take action until you are sure of something. The reason why I took this action has to do with the idea of notifying those who had the intentions that they had.”
No Political Motives Suspected
The mayor firmly dismissed the possibility of a politically motivated attack. “No, no, no, and I said this. In no case do we live in such a state. That’s why I didn’t even talk about such a thing during the election campaign, because I never wanted in this life for people to perceive me as an individual who wants to victimize himself. I was a fighter, I am a fighter and I will be a fighter.” He added that the situation serves as a broader warning, urging caution and awareness of potential risks.
A Parallel to Gabriela Firea’s Case
The announcement brought to mind Gabriela Firea’s experience in May 2019, when, as Bucharest’s general mayor, she underwent an operation after doctors discovered a four-centimeter piece of wire in her colon, as reported at the time.
When asked if he saw a connection between the two cases, Băluță responded, “No, for sure. This matter is a pure coincidence. No, there is no connection. The only thing I can tell you for sure is that it is not an alleged intoxication. The medical analyzes do nothing but confirm a reality. It is a reality, not an assumption, it is a certainty. Someone did me harm, really harmed me. It is true that this harm is also gradual, but, from unfortunately, there are long-term effects that neither you nor I can anticipate. I’m a doctor and I’m pretty well informed about the complications.”
“It seems natural to me to provide more information and when I have more information to be able to provide it to the police. Until then it’s just simple presumptions and it’s not normal to accuse someone without evidence,” Băluță stated.
He acknowledged the difficulty in pinpointing the exact timing and method of the poisoning, noting that “you can never say for sure when it happened, how it happened, what time it happened, and some of them cannot be detected in time.”
Regarding potential lapses in vigilance, Băluță conceded, “We can’t say that we are careless, only that we are relaxed and probably we didn’t pay enough attention to such things and I pay the consequences with my own health.”
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