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| MEDIA HEADLINES 23/09/09 |
| (2009-09-23) |
| Last updated: 2009-09-24 16:07 EET |
Proof in this respect is the reaction of central newspapers, which focus almost entirely on the two suggestions made by the presidency.
“Drugs and prostitution, topics to raise dust in Romania,” headlines the newspaper EVENIMENTUL ZILEI. The daily mentions that these have long been reasons for disputes between traditionalists, led by the Orthodox Church, and that part of civil society which agrees that bringing the two phenomena to the surface would help keep them under control. The sociologist who made these suggestions tells the newspaper COTIDIANUL that they have scientific arguments, are intended to control serious problems and disregard emotional or religions reasoning. As regards the illegal drugs, the authors of the report argue that they do not support trafficking or pushing, but only the lifting of the ban on the consumption of light drugs.
The opponents of this idea include the officials of Romania’s Directorate for Combating Organised Crime and Terrorism, according to whom legalising drug consumption would boost crime, in that it would enable dealers to diversify their supplies and increase their sales. The newspaper GANDUL looks at the financial consequences of legalising prostitution, which is presumed to be involving some 24 thousand people.
With taxes levied on their incomes, the public budget would gain significant revenues, the authors of the report estimate. ROMANIA LIBERA notes that the document was made public only one month before the official start of the presidential campaign. The daily GARDIANUL also gives an electoral reading to the controversial solutions coming from the presidency, and writes, “Green light to sex and drugs. Traian Basescu eyes the votes of prostitutes and drug addicts.” The newspaper JURNALUL NATIONAL shares this opinion, and quoting sources from the pro-presidential Liberal Democratic Party, writes that it has all been planned by election strategists.
According to their calculations, if the incumbent president takes over these two controversial topics in his election campaign, he will win over the young voters. The media also remind that the president’s younger daughter, Elena Basescu, put forth the idea of legalising the consumption of light drugs during her campaign in the elections for the European Parliament, and at that time as well, it was received with mixed feelings.
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