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| A TROUBLED POLITICAL SCENE IN ROMANIA (6.06.2007) |
| (2007-06-06) |
| Last updated: 2007-06-07 17:33 EET |
President Traian Basescu has again invited the leaders of parliamentary parties in Romania for a round of talks on Friday, to find an alternative government formula that would ensure stability in the country and would enjoy transparent parliamentary support. In the president’s opinion, the new government should be formed by the National Liberal Party, the Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party, but without the prime minister, liberal leader Calin Popescu Tariceanu. The president’s proposal was first circulated last week after his address in Parliament in which he said that unless early elections are held, a new government should be formed to reflect the outcome of the 2004 elections and the May the 19th referendum. The latter consolidated Basescu’s position as president, while the parties that called for his impeachment (the National Liberal Party, their junior government partner Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania, and the Social Democratic Party, the Greater Romania Party and the Conservative Party in opposition) suffered a humiliating defeat. Besides the Greater Romania Party, all parties have said they will accept the president’s invitation, although opinions on the president’s proposal are split. The Liberals say Basescu’s proposal is a new diversion. The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Bogdan Olteanu:
“We will go to Cotroceni first of all to tell president Traian Basescu that his invitation is unconstitutional, that the president does not have the prerogative to talk about a new prime minister as long as we have an acting prime minister.”
The Democrats, on the other hand, loyal to president Basescu, are ready to go back to the old government formula alongside the Liberals, with whom they parted in unfriendly terms at the beginning of the year. Here’s Cristian Radulescu, the leader of the Democrats’ group in the Chamber of Deputies:
“In my opinion, the president’s invitation is the natural and logical outcome of his call to go back to and respect the results of the 2004 elections.”
The Democrats are supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, made up of former members of the Liberal Party, who would also like to have a taste of being in power. Liberal Democrat leader Teodor Stolojan:
“A government enjoying the popular support confirmed by the May the 19th referendum, and a clear parliamentary majority is better that the government we have today.”
It is clear that president Traian Basescu and the presidential parties wish to get rid of prime minister Tariceanu at any cost, and that only the opposition of the Social Democrats can deny them this satisfaction. The leader of the Social Democratic Party, Mircea Geoana:
“Have patience by Friday and you will have a definitive answer from the Social Democratic Party regarding the solution we believe is opportune. I’m not ruling out, however, the possibility for the Social Democratic Party to form the government on its own.”
Under the circumstances, the troubled political scene in Romania will have to remain so for at least a few more days.
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