Ramnicu Valcea Mayor, Democrat Liberal Mircia Gutau was arrested on Wednesday to Thursday night after he was condemned by a court to three years of prison for bribe taking. Vice Deputy in the same city hall, Nicolae Dicu was detained in the same file.

Gutau was condemned for bribe taking and Dicu for complicity. Several months of the detention period will be reduced as the two spent them in temporary arrest. Gutau was interim President of the local Democrat Liberal county organization.