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| ELECTION CAMPAIGN 15/05/2009 |
| (2009-05-15) |
| Last updated: 2009-05-17 18:48 EET |
A place riddled with paradox, the Romanian political scene never fails to amaze, amuse and disgust. Less than a month ahead of the European elections, the Romanian political parties seem more interested in the presidential elections this autumn. The partners in the government coalition, the pro-presidential Liberal Democratic Party PDL and the leftist Social Democratic Party PSD have started a war against each other. The Social Democrats on Thursday nominated their leader, the Senate Chairman Mircea Geoana, as the party’s candidate for the presidency, a perfect occasion to launch a broadside of rhetoric against the PDL’s de facto leader, the incumbent president Traian Basescu. Mircea Geoana:
“Traian Basescu has divided the country by the power of abuses. I will unite Romanians by the power of my own example, because a leader should embody a nation’s hopes for the better and not its worst features. Romania’s future will be brighter and what’s at stake in 2009 is a fresh start for Romania. The time has come for us to choose wisely.’’
"The PSD has s split personality” the Ziua daily headlines ironically, while the newspaper Evenimentul Zilei notes that, under these circumstances, “the efforts of some candidates for the European elections, in hoping to lay emphasis on European matters, are useless, while voters are faced with the situation of having to vote in favor or against the current president.’’ The entire Romanian media seems to be more interested in the candidates for the presidential seat, including those with only small chances of winning, rather than in those who will run in the European elections. Except for Basescu and Geoana, the only ones likely to make it to the second round of voting, the only candidate who stands a real chance of entering the race, according to the polls, is the leader of the opposition National Liberal Party PNL, Crin Antonescu.
The press also mentions a number of unexpected candidates. The populist Greater Romania Party, the PRM, which is not part of the Parliament, has uselessly doubled the number of presidential candidates it is proposing. Their leader, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, proposed the ex-leader of the New Generation Party, businessman and football club owner Gigi Becali, for the presidential seat. The son-in-law of Romania’s King Michael I (1940-1947), Prince Radu, the most active member of the Royal House of late, is also running for the presidency. The list of presidential candidates witnessed a spectacular new entry on Wednesday: the Romanian-Israeli citizen Nati Meir, former PRM deputy, announced his candidacy in an unusual manner, accompanied by an ethno-pop singer, who, according to the media, was rewarded for her presence by Meir’s side with, quote, ‘several banknotes stuffed in her corset’ unquote.
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