Falling into derisory

The referendum Basescu is blackmailing the Parliament with is a false project. We shall see why. The elections for the EU are useless. We'll resume, showing the reasons. It is a dangerous solution, and also useless, to draw out of the game the institutes for market research in the electoral campaign. The same as the vote of censure that PSD (Social-Democrat Party) is about to initiate is nothing but a phantom that leads the sole left-wing party to a blind alley. It has been demonstrated why. All in all, this political fall appears to be a breakdown into derisory, the main responsible for it being no other than the head of state himself.
Why do I say blackmail ? Well, it's because Traian Basescu insists in confiscating from the legislative body the right to elaborate a solid piece of legislation, for the long run, and of a nature to produce its favourable effects to the reforming of the political class. What does the President want ? He wants to overlap a referendum for the uninominal voting to the electoral campaign for the EU Parliament, which constitutes an important test for the future local and parliamentary elections. The simple fact is immoral and not recommended by the EU. On the contrary. However, why does he do it ? It's simply because he wants to have the chance, in his position as the head of state, to talk nineteen to the dozen during the electoral campaign. By violating the Constitution and using the public funds meant not for political struggle, but to the fulfillment of the job description, he tries to intervene in force and to be favourable to one side or the other in the political life. That's all. As for the rest, admitting a referendum was organized and the President was successful, this would mean nothing from the viewpoint of reforming the political class. It is because even chickens know that, according to the Constitution, the referendum only means a positive or negative answer to a question. Its result, supposing it is a positive one, is not a substitute for a piece of legislation. A law would be promoted and adopted only later, and based on the results to this referendum. Who is to do that ? The Parliament that Basescu is blackmailing and which is against Basescu ? It is quite obvious that, unless they have got completely mad, the Romanians won't have the future elections based on the uninominal voting system. And it wouldn't be a good idea, because the parties need a relatively long period to prepare new offers for the deputies and senators. It is about a new generation, with a different background and mentality. Otherwise, in a hocus-pocus system, they can't get out from the hat something different from what it is. This way the population, being forced to choose among what can be found on the market, will eventually nominate a Parliament similar to the current one. The elections for the EU are as useless this year as the possible referendum that, by the way, the Government might avoid eventually and assume responsibility for a law that, by all means, will not coincide with the one emerged from the laboratory in Cotroceni Palace. Who will rush to go into the EU Parliament, being aware that excessive amounts of money from the state budget and also from one's own pocket will be spent on a nine-month mandate ? That's because we'll have new European Parliamentary members in January 2009. Irresponsible politicians only want to waste public money, the stakes being their mean gambolling. And taking out of the game the institutes of market research is an even bigger non-sense. It might be simpler to set up an authority subordinated to the Parliament - a kind of CNA (National Council for Audiovisual) - empowered to deliver or withdraw their license, and to check on their honesty and professionalism. We don't kill the women for few prostitutes.
Under the circumstances that the main mission of the head of state, that of a representative of Romania in the European and world concerto of states, cannot be fulfilled any longer because, as you can see, no one is willing to invite Basescu and under the circumstances in which, as an effect of the domestic quarrel, neither Tariceanu has to shake too many hands, the highest representatives of the politics in Bucharest take part in electoral canonization and in endless scandals and petty maneuvers. What a disgrace !

Sorin Rosca Stanescu
Ziua Vineri 31 August 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english