|
RRI newsletter subcription
(e-mail address):
|
 |
Archives:
|
|
| FAIR ELECTIONS IN ROMANIA 24/11/2009 |
| (2009-11-24) |
| Last updated: 2009-11-25 16:24 EET |
This was the conclusion of the OSCE observers who refrained from using the word ‘fraud’ and spoke instead of irregularities. The OSCE criticised mainly the changes to the election law after announcing the date of the voting, which runs counter to election good practice and the principle of the separation of powers, and organisational problems, especially at the special polling stations. Security at these stations was insufficient and could not guarantee the integrity of ballots, the OSCE said. Voting at the special polling stations for people who were in transit was by far the most controversial. According to the media, large groups of people, brought by buses, voted at the station put in place at Bucharest’s main train station, which raises suspicions about controlled voting in exchange for certain benefits. At the same time, thousands of ordinary voters found it impossible to cast their ballots at these stations because of overcrowding.
The OSCE will also monitor the campaign for the second round of voting and the voting itself scheduled for the 6th of December. The candidates are the incumbent president Traian Basescu and the Social Democratic leader Mircea Geoana. Each won one third of the votes in the first round and is now trying to win the goodwill of the fifth portion of the electorate who voted for the Liberal Crin Antonescu. Talks have already begun to this effect. Old rivalries which got worse during the election campaign seem to characterise these talks.
The tendency seems to be having Traian Basescu isolated and an alliance between the Social Democrats and the Liberals facilitated by both parties’ earlier support for the Sibiu mayor Klaus Johannis for the position of prime minister to overcome the political crisis. Once reactivated, the scenario with Johannis as prime-minister, supported by a Social-Liberal coalition possibly joined by the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians, would theoretically place Mircea Geoana in a more advantageous position. However, both Geoana and his rival Basescu know that Antonescu’s much coveted votes, which mostly belong to young, educated voters, cannot be delivered through a simple declaration of support from Antonescu for one competitor or another.
|
|
| |
WMA |
|
64kbps : |
1
2
3
|
|
|
128kbps : |
1
2
3
|
| |
MP3 |
|
|
64kbps : |
1
2
3
|
|
|
128kbps : |
1
2
3
|
| |
AAC+ |
|
|
48kbps : |
1
2
3
|
|
|
64kbps : |
1
2
3
|
 Historical mascot of
RRI |
| |
© 1999 - 2011 Copyright Radio Romania International |
|
2025-04-03
Print
Listen again