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EDITORIAL

Strange and dangerous phenomena – Sorin Rosca Stanescu – Ziua – read here -
“An unprecedented case in the history of the European Union: the Prosecutor's Office and the head of state decide that 8 former and present ministers are to be investigated for alleged crimes, exceptionally severe ones. But this is happening in the country where there is no minister of justice, but only an interim minister, because of the conflict between the President and the PM. Two days after being appointed, the interim minister gets to face a huge political challenge. In one single day he is to consent or not to what the head of state has decided in on single day: open criminal investigations against the 8 ministers. And Teodor Melescanu, the interim minister, decides to throw it back to Cotroceni Palace, who may not consent to a mere notification. Although this is how the law has it, there are no records. But the interim minister receives some sealed records in order to be mocked. What if there is newspaper inside, he says ? And he opens them. All the records are incomplete. And the challenge is back to Cotroceni Palace. This is no longer a crisis concerning state institutions. This is a hyper crisis related to strange and extremely dangerous phenomena”.

POLITICS

Hyper-crisis – Adrian Ilie – Ziua – read here -
“Liberal Teodor Melescanu, right now Romania's interim minister of justice, may join the 8 ministers prosecutors intend to investigate. The President of Romania Traian Basescu claimed yesterday that minister Melescanu's decision to send back the documentation grounding the criminal inquiry against the ministers was actually abuse at work. And the head of state advised the interim minister to take up a legal conduct. Traian Basescu's masked threat against minister Melescanu was overtly expressed by the PD-L (Democrat-Liberal Party), who demanded criminal inquiry against the minister and also the suspension of the latter“.

Liberals talk about Norica Nicolai again – Ovidiu Banches – Ziua – read here -
“The leaders of the PNL (National Liberal Party) are meeting today to talk about Norica Nicolai once again. Last week several top Liberals claimed they had to address the Constitutional Court in the case. In today's meeting the PNL president Calin Popescu-Tariceanu may ask the Liberal leaders for insist that Norica Nicolai should take over the Ministry of Justice”.

Political mythology for PSD and PNL – Ovidiu Banches – Ziua – read here -
“During Saturday's meeting of the women leaders in the PSD (Social-Democrat Party), the party president Mircea Geoana claimed the Social-Democrat women had to be ready to gain the electorate's benevolence, an operation which he called 'The Amazons'. He argued as follows: "We must train candidates able to fight for the electorate's benevolence. I would give it a code name: the Amazons operation". He urged the women in the party to do away with the Elena Ceausescu "failing myth". The women organization in the PSD pursues to get power over 100 city halls in the future elections, along with some 37%-40% eligible positions in electoral lists. Mircea Geoana promised his women colleagues 30% of ministries in a future PSD government”.