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Piața Unirii incident
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On 14 October 2024,[39] around midnight, Sector 4 mayor Daniel Băluță (PSD), declared that the foundation upon which the central Piața Unirii stands has become a public danger due to its age and sent multiple construction workers and Sector 4 local police agents to Unirii Park in order to start proceedings for the foundation's physical consolidation. Having learned of this, in the morning of the same day Dan went himself to the square, together with his staff and Bucharest local police agents, to tell the workers present to halt the procedure as it did not follow the rule of law; Daniel Băluță did not wait to get all permits necessary for starting the work for the foundation (these include permissions from Metrorex and Apa Nova (Bucharest's water and sewage administration institution, involved due to Dâmbovița's course right through the middle of Piața Unirii) and it was suspected to be a way for the PSD mayor to rush the works in order to redirect financial funds.
Once Dan and his staff made their appearance at the site of the construction works, Sector 4 local police agents including its director, Cristian Pîslă, who was subsequently suspected of corruption,[40] did not permit the entrance to the site itself, and a small scuffle ensued in which the crowds pushed each other. Afterwards, Pîslă called 112, accusing the Mayor of inciting to violence and illegal behaviour. Dan himself called the National Police and after a few more exchanges, left the park in order to retrieve certain documents attesting to the fact that the City Hall of Bucharest had the absolute right to investigate the construction as it was its property, and not Sector 4's. Returning with the documents and some bulldozers, Dan was set to bring down the fences around the site and dismantle the construction works. Sector 4 local police again blocked the entrance of the bulldozers, some agents hurling insults and being physically aggressive to the bulldozer operators, which the wide public of Bucharest viewed as proof of the agents being members of the Sector 4 Clanul Sportivilor, an organisation of the Romanian mafia operating mainly in the southern part of Bucharest who were long suspected to work with Daniel Băluță himself.[41] Reportedly, two people were hurt in the chaos, but these reports were widely ignored as they were viewed as fake in order to pin blame on Dan.[42]
Eventually, Daniel Băluță conceded and told the construction workers and police agents to retreat, as Romanian Prime-minister Marcel Ciolacu himself intervened. The construction site was dismantled the following day and Dan launched an investigation into the proceedings. He once again began talking about the referendum for restricting the authority of the sector mayors and centralising more power to the Mayor of Bucharest, a promise made after his re-election in the local elections, and said the General Council of the City Hall of Bucharest will convene on 21 October in order to announce the subsequent date of the referendum.[43]