CNSAS fails to check on high clergy by September 12

Because of the quorum missing in yesterday's meeting of the CNSAS (National Council for Research on the Communist Secret Service Archive), a decision was impossible to reach and therefore there was neither any verdict on some high clergymen's past. Only 6 of the 11 members of the CNSAS board were present. They others didn't attend for family reasons or because they hadn't been announced about the meeting. The CNSAS has thus failed to express clear verdicts on all the Holy Synod members by September 12, when a new Patriarch is to be elected. (...)
Dinescu points to interference
Mircea Dinescu looked disappointed after the meeting and he mentioned pressure from politicians and from the Romanian Patriarchy as well. "We can't reach decisions because some are more influenced by the phone calls they get from politicians and from Patriarchy", he commented.
According to this CNSAS member, there is no chance that one decision on a high clergyman should be reached by September 12. Still he added decisions on such records would be made later on.
The CNSAS members are to meet next Tuesday, but no decision will be reached so that it won't influence the election of the future Patriarch. The CNSAS is to check on the elected Patriarch's past in order to do away with any doubts about his personality.

Cristian Andrei
Ziua Vineri 7 Septembrie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english