Autor zakona o lustraciji, od kog se je u konačnici distancirao nakon što ga je parlament razvodnio, te član odbora Nacionalnog vijeća za izučavanje arhiva Securitatea (CNSAS), Dumitrescu je preminuo u petak (5. decembar), u 80-toj godini.
The author of the lustration law, from which he ultimately distanced himself after parliament watered it down, and a board member of the National Council for Study of the Securitate Archives (CNSAS), Dumitrescu died on Friday (December 5th) at the age of 80.