By Canadian Press

Romania ruling party boss gets 3 1/2 years in prison for graft

May 27, 2019 | 6:03 AM

BUCHAREST, Romania — A Romanian court has sentenced the country’s most powerful politician to 3 1/2 years in prison for official misconduct in a graft case.

Monday’s sentencing of Social Democratic Party leader Liviu Dragnea comes after a 2018 conviction linked to the employment of two party members at a public agency.

Dragnea, already blocked from being prime minister because of a 2016 conviction for vote-rigging, is expected to be imprisoned within 24 hours.

Dragnea’s party suffered huge losses in European Parliament election on Sunday, falling to second place behind the opposition National Liberal Party.

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