Mircea Marian: "I fear that the head of state would like the European officials to tolerate the poor state state of justice in Romania and the blocking of the fight with the great corruption."
Romania wants, in July 2009, to be independent. President Traian Băsescu asked, yesterday, the leaders of all parliamentary parties, as, of next year, to come out from under the monitoring of the European Commission. According to Basescu, this monitoring is "relatively humiliating" and "entitles any entity of the European Union to make comments that do not please us about any of the institutions". More briefly, the head of state is fed up with the European officials threats to leave us without candy if we do not behave .
The question that I ask myself is: does someone think that the Romanian officials will be able to solve, in about 11 months, the shortcomings identified by Brussels? And this in the conditions under which in November we will have parliamentary elections, after which follows the procedures of forming the new government - which will happen, at best, in December - and at the start of spring starts the insanity of the future ballot to elect the President.
But I fear that what President Traian Băsescu is suggesting is the start of a political offensive to determine European Commission to close its eyes on the situation in Romania. The parties should gather not to resolve the problems of justice, but to stop the public debate related to the magnitude of corruption. This is an older theme of the Romanian politicians, suggesting that Romania is not more corrupt than other European states. The media is exagerating the phenomenon - the journalists "are doing harm" because they are speculating "in the detriment of Romania", even Basescu said it - and, therefore, the European officials are watching us. Geoană's theory about the "forces of Romania" - the "circles" of Nicolae Ceauşescu - which, in Brussels, "are playing a game (sic!) against the national interest" is also exemplary.
It is clear that the last European Commission report did not impress the Romanian statesmen. ANI has not even have a website, the Chief Prosecutor of DNA is about to be fired, and the ministers-parliamentarians continue to benefit from legislative protection. What could change in the next 11 months? Maybe we will have at the leadership of DNA a warm character, who exits the drowsiness only when in the country makes its appearance the inspection from Brussels. Look at those from ANI: they made waves exactly when the Commission was preparing the final report, after that - total silence. What have the magistrates from CSM understood from the criticism of the European officials? That they can go on holiday exactly when they should validate the new chief prosecutor of the DNA.
I do not know what miracles Basescu expects to happen when it proposes to remove Romania from under monitoring. Personally, it seems to me that a correct assessment of justice in this country would justify at any time the launch of the safeguard clause. In the following months, it will be two elements that will better clarify the intentions of the President: the judgement with which he will fight to maintain Morar at the leadership of DNA and the role that Monica Macovei will have, through PDL, in the structure of power resulting from parliamentary elections.
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