Basescu-Geoana Siamese and PD-PSD clones

The moment Mircea Geoana was elected a president of the party was the most uninspired in the history of the PSD (Social-Democrat Party). It is now obvious why Ion Iliescu was so furious that the party would be ruled by such a character. But his warnings were so obstinate that they seemed the mere frustration reflexes of the former Communist regime faced with the young man perceived as a reformist.
Adrian Nastase has in his turn been undermining the alliance with Mircea Geoana for three years now in order to make even with ex President Ion Iliescu, who had ceaselessly harassed him while a PM. In fact, Ion Iliescu had a determining contribution to Traian Basescu's victory in presidential elections, especially due to the decision to free Miron Cozma from jail, a man assailing candidate Adrian Nastase.
I am saying it again: after the general elections, the PSD missed the chance to keep Adrian Nastase head of the party, for his electoral legitimacy was almost equal to Traian Basescu's and he was leading the party that had actually won elections. But Adrian Nastase was asked to step back and even those he had promoted to the party and the government undermined him. Then Mircea Geoana agreed that a Liberal should take over the Chamber of Deputies only to sack his rival Adrian Nastase, hopeful he would deprive the latter of his last authority attribution.
But Mircea Geoana was wrong. Even without position and under judicial harassment (just as the others, the Christian-Democrats in particular, would be harassed while he was a PM), Adrian Nastase kept his authority over the party much greater than the PSD president's. The same goes for Ion Iliescu too. The party is now split in sides. The groups of Adrian Nastase and Ion Iliescu, once rivals, are getting regrouped these days, due to circumstances, to sack Mircea Geoana and presently fight for power. For the time being, people can feel Mircea Geoana, a terminator of the PSD, is collapsing and heading a different destination. The state of things in the PSD, that is enmity and dissolution, is the effect of domestic adversities and conspiracies. From this perspective the PSD is now strikingly resembling the National Christian-Democrat Party who committed suicide. This serves the PD (Democrat Party) and Traian Basescu.
A true leader attracts and makes leaders. A weak leader fears competition and does everything to do away with potential competitors. Mircea Geoana resembles Traian Basescu as far as this is concerned. Despite appearances and propaganda, Traian Basescu is a leader as weak as Mircea Geoana. Didn't he have equipment and structures to rely on, Traian Basescu would resemble "a silly boy", as he is also temperamental. The thirst for power and the hatred of anyone and anything opposing their personal interests make them perfectly similar.
Traian Basescu destroyed all the PD leaders, now presidential remote controls. The inflatable PD is only up to President Basescu's popularity rate. Mircea Geoana is destroying some PSD leaders. Cristian Diaconescu, now very nervous, is one of them, unfortunately. The PSD is about to explode and the PD is smouldering. Both parties' leaders are taking desperate measures for intimidation, they are expelling those sensible minds who opposed the bill against the government. But the riot can't be repressed for too long. Several Democrats are now aware that Traian Basescu's service is only momentary and in the future it will turn into a disadvantage. There are also many Social-Democrats aware that, because he is obsessed with power, Mircea Geoana is turning the PSD into a clone of the PD.

Roxana Iordache
Ziua saturday 6 october 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english