-- It is time the judicial masquerade every government opened against political adversaries formerly in power stopped. Who is guilty must be sentenced. Who is innocent, but charged, must get official apologizes and moral damages.
When the PDSR (Democrat Social Party in Romania) ruled, Viorel Hrebenciuc was thought to be "the measurement of corruption". After the Romanian Democrat Convention had taken over, Hrebenciuc paid some visits to the Prosecutor's Office, but he wasn't charged. Razvan Temesan spent some years in prison for having committed fraud against the Bancorex. It was a black hole of $ 2,5 billion, left by the Vacaroiu Cabinet and filled by the Ciorbea Cabinet with funds from the budget, therefore from citizens. A sacrifice that cost the rightwing rulers a lot. The PNTCD (National Christian Democrat Party) no longer made it to the Parliament. The Romanian Democratic Convention ruling at the time could have raised pensions with the money they used to rescue the financial-banking system, to save Romania from collapse.
When the Romanian Democratic Convention was in power, the Hrebenciuc of the right, depicted by the PDSR as public enemy number 1, was Christian-Democrat Radu Sarbu, the last president of the State Property Fund. The tandem made up of the PDSR and Greater Romania Party demonized the latter institution that, when getting power, the PDSR had to change its name. It became the PSD (Social-Democrat Party) and Radu Sarbu was for a few years the laughing stock of a criminal scenario (see the minutes of the PSD meeting when they asked that he be fixed) on the privatization of the Bucharest Hotel. The case was returned to the Prosecutor's Office in the end. The man is also accused in the Fleet case, together with more 79 persons. They have been kept in standby and described in dark colors for three years now, because general prosecutor Daniel Morar, the man who speaks on the phone with the President of Romania, said Basescu had immunity and might not be charged. Therefore this may not be !
When the PSD ruled, the most corrupted of all the corrupted was PM Adrian Nastase. After the "Truth and Justice" Alliance took over, the ex PM got to pay visits to investigators for a ridiculous case: his house windows. And one more case: the inheritance from aunt Tamara, a few hundred thousand dollars. It was huge money, as compared to the standards of life of most Romanians. But the money was embarrassing as compared to the great fortunes. If Justice is to search the ex PM's properties, authorities should search the real ones instead of the information provided by criminals not wishing to go to prison. They are farces played for the sake of the image.
Now when Traian Basescu, the fighter against corruption, is reigning, apart from the ex presidential opponent Adrian Nastase, there were and have been incriminated other personal adversaries of his, from the Democrat Union of Magyars in Romania and the Conservative Party, who didn't stand by him in his games. Marko Bela is charged, because he can't justify some money he got from authorship rights, about as much as the one month salary of a Presidency adviser. Ex minister Zsolt Nagy and Codrut Seres are charged for reasons on which prosecutors haven't agreed yet. Sorin Rosca Stanescu, owner of a press group, is also charged, because he is a friend of the man the President takes for his main enemy: Dinu Patriciu. The latter is claimed to be a capitalist (in Communist language, it means profiteer).
In brief, the fight against corruption inherited from minister Monica Macovei: house windows, allegations and authorship rights. And high treason by the Hungarians. This is an accusation later on taken back. This is real Justice ! And the fight against corruption is a piece of work too !
Minister Tudor Chiuariu can and must change the state of things into a just state of things. I will develop upon it as soon as possible.
Roxana Iordache
Ziua Marti 17 Iulie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english
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