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 HoandraZiua Luni 24 September 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english
It is to be noticed that the President's comments follow after businessman Dinu Patriciu expressed the same opinion. A short while ago he argued that to make a large company to engulf any energy company still not privatized would be a bad idea. "Since the market is free, it is energy producers that should be privatized", he commented.
The representatives of the latter party headed by Theodor Stolojan asked for no more and no less than five ministries, in case of a future PD-PLD government.
But the Democrats headed by Emil Boc dismissed this claim, arguing that the PLD was a recently made party unable to attract considerable political capital. PD sources comment: "Theodor Stolojan asked for five ministries for the PLD: Cristian Boureanu to rule the Finance Ministry, Gabriel Sandu to become a minister of transport, Florin Popescu to rule the Ministry of Education and Gheorghe Flutur to take over Romanian agriculture again. Raluca Turcan pursues the Ministry of Culture. But things are complicated with her, since she will soon deliver a baby".
Liberal Teodor Melescanu has even demanded a moratorium till the MEP election time. Liberal sources claim: "Both the PSD and the PNL have got a considerable number of mayors and the latter would better see to their electoral games for both elections. The idea has seduced the PSD top member Viorel Hrebenciuc". But so far the PSD has been critical of Melescanu's proposal.
After the meeting of PSD deputies yesterday, the ex PM Adrian Nastase said he had signed for the bill against the ruling Cabinet to abide by the rules in politics, although he was "reticent" about the political situation to emerge in case the bill passed. He also mentioned he was hopeful that it would help things become clear within the party. He commented: "Just like other colleagues in the parliamentary groups, I still think the same about this action. I am somehow reticent, since I haven't realized yet what will follow if the bill is successful". 
As for Ion Iliescu, he had said a few days before that he was hopeful the bill would fail. (...)
The link between the latter and Traian Basescu's former colleague in Anvers continued outside the SRI too.
As far as General Vasile Stanciu is concerned, he was several times reported to have been an under cover officer in Anvers at the time when Traian Basescu, now President of Romania, was head of the Navrom Agency in Anvers. Right after reaching Cotroceni Palace, Traian Basescu would tell the SRI generals that, if one of them wanted more information about him, they should ask Colonel Vasile Stanciu, whom he could see attending that very meeting. (...)
The SRI chief explained: "It is about alleged events that occurred in the summer of 2006. The SRI is looking into the matter. Right now we can neither confirm nor deny the documents presented by Mugur Ciuvica. We are analyzing them". He added he was categorically denying any prejudice or judgement on political police action and monitoring of parties blamed on the SRI. He argued: "There has been no monitoring of senator Norica Nicolai or of any political party, no matter which one, or of the Romanian President. After all, his name too is mentioned in one of the documents Mugur Ciuvica produced".
The minister told the ZIUA journalists that he had no idea why prosecutors were asking for consent to the opening of criminal investigations against him. He said he didn't know what case it was about, adding that he would go to the DNA this morning to ask the head to show him the case. The minister claimed he had received no official announcement about anti-corruption prosecutors' case against him, adding it was in the newspapers that he read about the DNA head Daniel Morar asking Presidency to consent to the inquiry.
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". (...)
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.
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