Things are unchanged for five months. Significant numbers of law enforcement officers of the county police are deployed in the village, burdening the state budget without any real motivation, apart from the potential danger posed by the inhabitants to the U.S. company Chevron's site.

APADOR-CH released a report as early as December, following a visit to Pungești. It pointed out that the security measures are disproportionate and violate several fundamental rights and freedoms of the village's citizens.

In March 2014, four months after the establishment of the special public safety area, the People's Advocate (the Romanian Ombudsman) also declared that the security measures against citizens were disproportionate. It added that the measures were not brought to the attention of local authorities and citizens. It therefore asked the Ministry of Interior to investigate the situation.

Only now has the Ministry of Interior started to think about amending the Ministerial Order that allowed the establishment of the abusive siege of Pungesti. However, until this piece of legislation is effectively changed, the people from Pungesti will continue to live in a futile and abusive siege, all this only because they disagree with exploring for shale gas on their communal lands.