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| POST-ELECTION SCENARIOS 04/12/2008 |
| (2008-12-04) |
| Last updated: 2008-12-08 15:38 EET |
The latest results in the wake of Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Romania show a tight score between the Social Democrats and the Liberal Democrats. These elections, which inaugurated the uninominal voting system, ousted from parliament the nationalist populist Greater Romania Party, but the governing equation is complicated by the equal score obtained by the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party. Unofficial talks between the two big rivals, which has caught the attention of the press these days, point to a cohabitation of the left and the right, which seemed impossible before the elections.
This formula would help create the most solid government majority but would represent anz ideological compromise which the right wing electorate would be very reluctant to accept. Surprised at the news of being left outside the electoral game the National Liberal Party – the third power in the legislative- points an accusatory finger at this alliance which reminds of the former National Salvation Front, the first post-revolutionary political structure, an offspring of the former Communist Party. Before the elections a feasible alliance was that between the Liberals and the Liberal Democrats, despite of the many misunderstandings that first shattered their alliance in 2007.
Another scenario pointed to a coalition between the Liberals and the Social Democrats which would not have obtained the president’s approval that easily.
The press in Bucharest has tried to make some sense of this whole complicated situation. The daily ZIUA writes under the headline “All for the Front” that the Social Democratic Party insists to govern alongside the Liberal Democratic Party, thus fuelling speculations of a recreation of the National Salvation Front. “The thirst for power makes the Social Democrats forget about the Liberals, about president Basescu and their governing programmes” the same daily adds sarcastically.
However “Iliescu (the founder and former president of the Social Democratic Party) won’t kneel in front of Basescu” the daily GANDUL writes. Iliescu argues that an alliance with the Liberal Democrats would be tantamount to subordination to Traian Basescu. The daily EVENIMENTUL ZILEI found out that, against the backdrop of all these scenarios, the Liberal Democrats were explicitly told by Traian Basescu to stop making statements and appearing on TV shows. “According to the presidential agenda, the Liberal Democratic Party is invited to negotiate at the Cotroceni Palace and not on TV or in pubs” the newspaper writes.
Another daily COTIDIANUL puts forth the most unexpected scenario – while the Social Democrats and the Liberals are counting on large majorities, the Liberal Democrats are talking behind closed doors about an emergency plan: a minority government to be supported by several recruits from the other parties. Only 21 ‘traitors’ would be enough, COTIDIANUL writes, but it would be risky to start the fight against the economic crisis with a minority government.
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