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| The Union of the Romanian Political Opposition 07/02/2011 |
| (2011-02-07) |
| Last updated: 2011-02-08 14:42 EET |
The new alliance is aimed at providing an alternative to the current governing coalition, made up of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians and the National Union for the Progress of Romania.
Leaders of the opposition parties said they will run together in the 2012 general elections, but that the partnership is planned to last until 2020. The formation of this alliance is accompanied by unbridled enthusiasm. Head of the Conservatives, Daniel Constantin, believes this move will affect PM Boc and President Basescu, who he believes are responsible for the current state of affairs in Romania.
President Basescu: “I am positive that change will follow the formation of this alliance.”
Liberal leader Crin Antonescu, seen as the likely successor to President Traian Basescu, hopes that the doctrines joined in this coalition will function together to support a common program.
“We join hands, bringing together our doctrines, identities and histories. We join hands for the present and future of the country”.
Victor Ponta, the young president of the Social Democratic Party, traditionally in opposition to the liberals, plays the sentimental card. He said:
“As of today, we start bringing back hope to Romanians, building a path for the country to follow over the coming years”.
The government is distrustful of this new alliance, which Democrat Liberal president Emil Boc believes will lose coming political battles.
“Those in the Social-Liberal Union are desperate, as they can see the harsh but fair measures taken in 2010 are starting to show positive effects, so they resorted to this socialist, populist alliance”.
Some national liberals have also criticized a lack of compatibility between the doctrines championed by the parties forming the new coalition, while political analysts like Cristian Parvulescu look at the prospects of this alliance with caution.
“This new political faction, as we can refer to it as such, is very similar to the Justice and Truth alliance or the Democratic Convention. In other words, they take their chances championing a unitary stand against the Democratic Liberals, who, in turn, place their hopes on the symbol of reform. All we’re seeing is the resumption of a political cycle that broke in 2007, when the Justice and Truth alliance disappeared from the political scene.”
The Social-Liberal Union’s protocol stipulates that the parties will choose their representative who ranks highest in the polls as candidate for the Romanian presidency, but the possibility of an independent candidate is not excluded.
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