Tourism ministry decided to submit a penal complaint against Liberal Ludovic Orban, president of the Parliamentary investigation committee in the case of Tourism minister Elena Udrea for abuse in service. The accusations follow Ludovic Orban's delartions that the ministry's spending on advertising were illegal, a press release of the ministry informs.

Liberal Ludovic Orban declared on Thursday that the ministry illegally spent public money on advertising and did not comply with the public tender law, Romanian news agency NewsIn informs.

The press release of the Tourism ministry reads that Orban's declarations are false and intended to put the ministry in a negative light.