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| WILL ROMANIA HAVE A NEW GOVERNMENT? (20.09.07) |
| (2007-09-20) |
| Last updated: 2007-09-21 17:17 EET |
After having been repeatedly postponed, the document, sharply critical of the centre-right government which came to power after the 2004 elections, has been given the go ahead by the Social-Democrats’ National Executive Committee - the last step before being tabled, which is most likely to happen early next week. Standing firm on the issue, the PSD’s honorary president, former leader Ion Iliescu has abstained from the vote, but his decision was backed only by one representative of the leading board.
In the past few days, the Social Democrats’ leader Mircea Geoana seems to have rallied few supporters in his attempt to overthrow the minority government led by Calin Popescu Tariceanu and made up of the National Liberal Party and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania. Apparently unflappable after Wednesday’s vote, Mircea Geoana has reiterated the reasons grounding his initiative.
“There is no other solution for Romania, but to attempt to have a new government able to really muster Parliamentary support, in this way being capable of bringing the country back on the right track. The present government and its policies have failed. This is a government unable to function from a political, legal and practical point of view.“
Rumor has it that Geoana held secret talks with the head of state, Traian Basescu, a product of the Democratic party, excluded from the government by Calin Popescu Tariceanu. A potential scenario would be a possible merger, bringing the Social Democrats and the Democratic Party together. Another outcome would involve the Social-Democrats’ remaining in opposition, but, in the run-up to snap elections, supporting a government made up of Democrats and former Liberals, opponents of Tariceanu, currently members of the Liberal-Democratic Party. However, the official scenario has been presented by Mircea Geoana.
“We have no obligation, so please don’t ask us, in the name of a false political stability, to support through our vote, a situation which is precarious and damaging for Romania. Unless the president supports the creation of a new government focusing on the country’s interest and on the interest of the majority population, the PSD will ask the Romanian people to decide what the right direction for Romania is.”
The main loser, should the motion of censure get approval, is Liberal leader Prime Minister Tariceanu. He believes that, in a way, the latest developments on the political stage are positive, for they will, at least, lead to some kind of resolution.
“As far as I can see, negotiations between Social Democrats and Democrats have been held in the past days. So it has become clearly visible that the old links dating back to the time of the old Salvation Front have not been completely destroyed. The old comrades are still getting on well, and in this way perhaps voters will be able to see that the Democratic Party is only an impostor in the centre-right wing political spectrum, being nothing but a left wing party in Romania.”
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