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Political police

Mugur Ciuvica has come out with two documents that prove that SRI (Romanian Intelligence Service) spied on PNL (National Liberal Party) in 2006. The notes are signed by general Vasile Stanciu, a former officer of the communist secret service (Securitate) who had worked with Basescu at Anvers before 1989.
The addresses accompany the materials drawn up by the "Group of Evidence within SRI" and they refer to "statements of Liberal Senator Norica Nicolai" and to the "PNL's intention to coagulate a Liberal right-wing pole in the Republic of Moldova". The second document is approved, stamped and signed by Florian Coldea, deputy of the SRI director, the one involved in the notes exchange scandal on the espionage of three magistrates of the Constitutional Court. SRI claims that it knows nothing of the "Group of Evidence". This group was led by general Stanciu, now retired, former head of the Unit of under cover officers in SRI, who, one might conclude, infiltrated also in PNL. Mugur Ciuvica asks for an investigation at SRI for carrying out political police activities, unless the service led by George Maior was able to prove the fact that the activity of Senator Norica Nicolai and that of PNL put to danger the national security. The Liberals convoked the SRI director at the Parliamentary Committee. Last night, Basescu annulled in the last moment his participation at the closing of the "Enescu Festival". (...)

C.A.
Ziua Luni 24 Septembrie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english

31 per cent of the Romanians support Tariceanu Cabinet

One third of the Romanians (37%) appreciate that the Executive should be dismissed following the debate on the vote of censure in the Parliament, shows a poll carried out by the Social Research Office (BCS), and released yesterday. According to the data provided by the social survey, 31% of the subjects wished the current cabinet had stayed in function, while 32% of them said they didn't care what would happen with Tariceanu Government. The opinion poll was carried out in 6-15 September, on a population sample of 1,073 individuals over the age of 18 and the statistic error is of 3.1%.
PD-PLD-PNG Alliance
BCS survey indicates an alliance of PD (Democrat Party) - PLD (Liberal Democrat Party) - PNG (New Generation Party) as favourite in winning the election (47.8). Meanwhile, a coalition PNL (National Liberal Party) - PSD (Social-Democrat Party) is viewed with a friendly eye by 30.5% and a PRM (Greater Romania Party) - PC (Conservative Party) coalition is viewed with a friendly eye only by 8.1%. On the other side, the survey points out the fact that PNL - PSD alliance proved to be useless (35%) and harmful (20%) for Romania. Only 18% say that it was a beneficial one and 27% couldn't answer. PD might win the next year parliamentary elections by 34.7%, while PSD would get 19.2%. PNL would record a score of 15.7%, PNG - 10% and PRM - 5%. A proportion of 31.7% of the subjects would vote for PD at the Europarliamentary election, and 18.6% would opt for PSD. PNL would get 17.8% and PNG - 11.2%. More than half of the Romanians (57%) consider that president Traian Basescu should launch the procedures for the organization of a referendum for the uninominal voting system, while 18.7% do not agree with that, and 23.8% don't know what to answer.

Roxana Andronic
Ziua Luni 24 Septembrie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english

Government, to assume responsibility on uninominal

The PNL (National Liberal Party) vice-president Ludovic Orban has announced at the end of this week that the Executive would assume responsibility for the implementation of the uninominal voting system so that president Traian Basescu couldn't "parasitize" the Europarliamentary elections with a referendum on this topic. Orban's statement comes in the context of a presidential threat according to which, a referendum on this topic will be convoked the same day when the elections for the European Parliament are to take place, that is on November 25 if the law on the implementation of the uninominal voting system is not adopted till October 25.
The "PNL Government will assume responsibility for the adoption of the law on the uninominal voting the moment we see the Parliament does not manage to adopt the law in due time and mainly to prevent the major risk that Basescu parasitize the Europarliamentary elections with a referendum", said Orban. The Liberal vice-president also talked about the early elections, and said that PNL wouldn't be placed at a disadvantage by a premature scrutiny, however he appreciated that Romania didn't need a political crisis, a turmoil and a lack of authority at the State and Government's highest level. Ludovic Orban added that, from his point of view, early elections wouldn't be a solution to the current situation in Romania since there was only one year left from the mandate of the current Government. In case the Government assumes responsibility in the Parliament for a piece of legislation, it shall be considered adopted in the form assumed by the Executive unless a no-confidence vote is laid down in three day's time. If the no-confidence vote is laid down in due term and the Parliament doesn't approve it, the law is considered adopted, while id the vote of no-confidence is approved, the Government shall be dismissed.

Roxana Andronic
Ziua Luni 24 Septembrie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english

Liberals should be shot down !

For the time being, the Democrat Party (PD) frankly led by Mr. Traian Basescu, has consumed all forms of attack - let's say, that the times we live in allow - over the Liberals. This war getting more and more acute, with its last political guerrilla fights on the political stage, is not only the PD war for access to resources, but also a mute war against the whole country. It is in vain that the distinguished dissident Doina Cornea has drawn and keeps on drawing the public opinion's attention on the "bellum omnium contra omnes" launched by the individual that seems to have accumulated all the hate in the world. It is in vain that Mrs. Renate Weber is warning on the fact that the limits of a political war are overcome and that the weapons the country's president got used to fight with are not the legal ones. The absolute power is all that seems to count for this party - that might in its turn be in a state of terror, according to a recently (unanimously !) excluded member. It is that kind of absolute power that, as we all know, leads to absolute corruption. PNL (National Liberal Party) is turmoiled by the governance, bigger or smaller affairs, some legal, some illegal, and by the eternal presidential arrows. I do not know whether PNL still has the power and the time to do what is incumbent to it as a mission for history: to do whatever possible for the rule of law. If it does it, than it's only the politics and Romania's life what everybody is waiting for. That's because only if we achieve the rule of law, the style of making politics and even the existence of a party without a doctrine integrity nor a political action, without other identity except for that passed over by the PDSR (Party of the Social Democracy in Romania) father/mother, won't be possible any longer. What will come next if, within the limits already low of this war, Mr. president, not taking into account the constitution and the separation of the powers, realizes his enemies do not fall ? The answer is extremely easy to anticipate. That's because his style of turning the politics into a way of hating led Romania to the South America's way, our country being a kind of Mexico reluctantly integrated by the European Community. Well, if this is how things go, then it won't take long and we shall line up our fighting methods to the level of those countries whose presidents act like ours. And if we've got to the American way, on a twisted axis, Bucharest - Ciudad de Mexico or La Paz, then bullets will surely make their appearance. Fortunately, we've been avoided by political assassinates so far. Maybe we are a sweet tempered nation, who still has patience and where politicians still have the power to negotiate. The PSD members, at least under the current leadership, will surely not be targeted, as they are ready to lick, while keeping smiling, all they spitted on five minutes earlier in order to get access to governance and for an extra ministry. However, if the Liberals get away, miraculously, from the imprisonment that's being prepared for them and they also keep staying in power, then they are being nothing left but to be shot down. By the way, Mugur Ciuvica produced yesterday new evidence of the fact that the secret services closely watched the PNL leaders' actions and statements. Although, if Justice has the embarrassment of condemning them to death (we are in Europe, nevertheless !) by being shot down on the Municipal stadium, the same as Erico Verisimo was in "Mr. Ambassador"'s Venezuela, well, they have to be executed, preferably at the party's headquarters, under Bratianu's dusty pictures.

Octavian Hoandra
Ziua Luni 24 September 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english