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| ROMANIANS BRACE UP FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS 16/04/2008 |
| (2008-04-16) |
| Last updated: 2008-04-17 13:39 EET |
All state institutions have started to work frantically to make themselves useful in the upcoming elections. The government has decided that voting will take place between 7 a. m. and 21 p.m. and that the election campaign will start 30 days prior to election day, that is on May the 2nd. The Romanians are allowed to vote only in the villages and towns where they reside. The funds earmarked to these elections amount to 19 million euros, twice as much as in 2004. The first round is due on June the 1st, while the second round will be held on June the 15th.
The Ministry of the Interior and Reform will set up 17,305 polling stations all over the country, while prefects have established the election offices. In a meeting bringing together representatives of public and private TV stations in Romania, the National Audio-Visual Council has called for an objective and fair coverage of the election campaign and for unbiased reporting. The election campaign will be over 48 hours before election day. The Council has also stressed another major aspect, the right of reply within 48 hours of request.
The main political parties have designated their nominees, particularly for Romania’s big cities, Bucharest included. In fact Bucharest remains the politicians’ top priority, also proved by the fact that here all the parties involved in the election race have pushed their top men to the forefront.
The pro-presidential Liberal Democratic Party, in opposition, has nominated former Interior minister Vasile Blaga, considered favourite in the race for the mayor seat in Bucharest. After fierce intestine fights the Social-democrats, also in opposition, have nominated Cristian Diaconescu, former Justice minister, although, other party members were very vocal in announcing their candidature, such as Marian Vanghelie, mayor of Bucharest’s district five, and MP Sorin Oprescu. Angry at having been denied support from his own party, Oprescu has announced his candidature as an independent.
The Liberal Party, the senior partner in the ruling coalition, threw in the race for Bucharest mayor the current transport minister Ludovic Orban, who used to be Bucharest’s deputy mayor between 2005 and 2007. Pundits believe the political stake of local election is huge. They argue that whoever gains control of the counties and the capital city, will be in charge of the distribution of government and European funds, the management of development projects, and will be able to influence the decision of their communities next autumn, when parliamentary elections are held.
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