Doina Cornea: Basescu makes us all feel insecure

In her interview to ZIUA, Doina Cornea comments on the latest political events, emphasizing she fears for Romania's fate, although, due to the government in power, life has become bearable.
As for the latest accusations against the Romanian Justice minister Tudor Chiuariu, she opines that the President of Romania Traian Basescu is involved in it, for the head of state has thus found a way to assault the government. In her opinion, the President is interested only in political dispute, a way he wants to use to overthrow the government. She describes the head of state as follows: "Basescu is a politician who makes us all feel insecure because of his moves. He has even managed to make the Magyars lose solidarity".
She argues that President Basescu enjoys popularity because people are misinformed and also because lots of intellectuals are unaware of how dangerous it is to praise a man "showing dictatorial tendencies, a man who wants no one to oppose him, a man who wants one single party and fake opposition". (...)

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Ziua Sambata 22 Septembrie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english