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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-06-08
June 8, 1998
CONTENTS
[01] A Seminar on "PNTCD on th Verge of the Third Millenium". Debates and
Opinions;
[02] CDR Should Be a Real Centr-Right Political Force.
[01] A seminar on "PNTCD on the Verge of the Third Millenium"
A two-day seminar on "PNTCD on the Verge of the Third Millenium" has opened
in Bucharest on Saturday. Participants in the seminar have concluded that
the Christian Democratic National Peasant Party (PNTCD) should support the
governing programme and make every effort to implement it. While pointing
out that the coalition was about to design a new model of cooperation based
on cross-party cooperation on issues concerning the economy and
privatisation, PNTCD believes that, as far as its participation in the
governing coalition was concerned, the party should consider radical
measures in case the coalition was not getting back to normal. While
actually trying to promote understanding between parties in the coalition,
the PNTCD was accused of being too weak. Therefore, the party is committed
to provide straight answers to all attacks and insinuations. RADOR
In his message to his colleagues, Prime Minister Radu Vasile said "Romania
was about to be ruled by governing coalitions in the next 20 years" and
warned that party members should be ready to overcome its future crises.
"There is only one chance for Romania: though not spectacular, the
relatively good results the government had until now", Mr Vasile concluded.
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In his address to participants, former Prime Minister Victor Ciorbea said
the Democratic Party (PD) promoted blackmail and blocked some draft laws,
though he admitted that the PNTCD mamde its owm mistakes: its major mistake
was the party's attempt to cover a fake stability, a move unvailing the
lack of strategy on the matter". He said ealry elections would have been
justified in case all parties would have expressed their unconditioned
committment to golbal reform". He warned PNTCD was about to lose its
identity and unity as it already lost, for a while at least, some of its
power within the government by renouncing its main tasks. Mr Ciorbea said
he was winting to see the progress the new government would make towards
the restructuring of autonomous utilities. He said the programmes the
government put forward were actually quite old. The restructuring of the
Democratic Convention in Romania (CDR) should make it establish itself as a
cetre-right political alliance aimed at discouraging the social-democrat
pole and its claimes of being an alternative to the government in power, Mr
Ciorbea concluded. RADOR
PNTCD leader Ion Diaconescu has shared the opinion of the party's
Vicepresident Victor Ciorbea. He has indicated his party was still
supporting the Radu Vasile Cabinet, but he expressed the hope that, in case
a new crisis was about to emerge, most of the party members would accept
radical measures such as early elections, a minority government or the
withdrawal of the party from the governing coalition. RADOR
PNTCD Vicepresident Gavril Dejeu is dissatisfied with the image of his
party in press reports. He said the reason might be the fact that Romanian
mass media was under the control of other political sources. Mr Dejeu
believes that PNTCD should restore the confidence of the public opinion by
breaking up the monopoly belonging to party enemies. RADOR
While attending the seminar, the acting Mayor of Bucharest, Viorel Lis,
promised to restore the waters supply nets and solve the problem of homes.
He announced the project a of new underground railway connecting the
Magheru Blvd. to the Free Press Plaza and the extension of the Bucharest
sewerage by 200 km. RADOR
[02] CDR should be a real centre-right political force
"While in the former Ciorbea Cabinet, the National Liberal Party (PNL) had
to play the role of a mediator; but further mediation could make the PNL
lose its identity, and we did so, because we thought the coalition was very
important and should be mantained as such", PNL Vicepresident Valeriu
Stoica said. While attending the meeting of the PNL branch in Alba county
on Sunday, Mr Stoica said the time had come for the PNL to establish its
role and place within the Democratic Convention of Romania (CDR) and
programmes were planned to launch a real liberal offensive. Referring to
the CDR restructuring, PNL vicepresident said: "The CDR should become a
centre-right political force promoting a clear centre-right policy. The CDR
should be perceived as a centre-right political force, and its programme
should include every guidline to allow this happen". RADOR
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