Ioana Lupea: “Common sense and the elementary logic confirm that there will be no such thing as anticipate elections in Romania”
It’s not news that most of the actions undertaken by Romanian politicians contradict common sense and logic. Few were those who would have bet that Romania’s Social Democrat Party (PSD) will succeed in having the Romanian president, Traian Basescu, suspended against it’s own interests.
This time though, I’d bet that the National Liberal Party is just pretending to make way to anticipate elections for PSD, just like a cat plays with a mouse. And because of this, the present leader of PSD, Mircea Geoana, might loose his position, with a little help from some of his colleagues. Just like when Geoana and a former democrat leader, who were formal enemies, were making arrangements in order to create an Executive without the liberals and Ion Iliescu ruined their plans.
The reasons for which Mircea Geoana wishes that anticipate elections to come simultaneously with local elections are already very well known. By then, PSD will have better chances to receive a good result during the local elections enabling Mircea Geoana to escape the Ion Iliescu – Adrian Nastase duo.
By keeping the presidential elections on their normal term, Geoana’s enemies will have enough time to take over his power during the PSD Congress, this fall. The winners will also get the power to nominate future parliament members. Without anticipate elections, the present leader of PSD will have to endure a very probable failure at local elections.
The remaining question is: why would Calin Popescu-Tariceanu want to make an early leave from the Victoria Palace. The Prime Minister knows that after the Government falls, either Traian Basescu or PSD will take over, as there is at least one channel of communication betweel the Liberal Democrats (PDL) and the Social Democrats (PSD).
Tariceanu’s ambish to keep on governing and Adrian Nastase’s come back is a clear sign that PSD will fight PDL and Traian Basescu, thus ignoring the liberals. And it’s not just about Tariceanu: the leaders that have kept him going as Prime Minister for four years need a clear insurance for their future. The liberal leader must hang on to the Victoria Palace until the end, in order to ensure the survival of several liberals that would rather have an alliance with PSD, than give up their power.
Even Tariceanu seems to have made peace with the thought of leaving the Executive after the NATO Summit and even if he makes a public alliance with PSD’s present leader, the liberals pretend they want anticipate elections. Why? Does PSD need to put his electing system through the Parliament and possibly face the disclosures about members that were were active in the feared Securitate? How will the electors see the true promoter of uninominal elections and the real anti-communist party? Because, later on, Ion Iliescu will make sure we won’t see the fall of Tariceanu Executive once more.