tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459705910272523592.post2593178598551829058..comments2024-02-18T14:05:42.728+02:00Comments on Peripheral Vision: Is the Rule of Law under attack in Romania??nomadronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11996785326616523308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459705910272523592.post-10184641029072870122012-07-05T10:33:34.871+03:002012-07-05T10:33:34.871+03:00Dear Sarah
I appreciate the comment - and value so...Dear Sarah<br />I appreciate the comment - and value so much your blog! <br />In the spirit of the balanced approach you mention (quite correctly) as missing in the highly polarised Romanian political discourse, I have added some comments to the original post. These try to understand the motives behind the frenetic emergency regulations and reflect discussions with some of my Romanian friends who are no friend of Ponta but do feel that many external comments assume too easily that bodies such as the Constitutional Court operate like those in other places.nomadronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11996785326616523308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1459705910272523592.post-3755537616861454392012-07-05T09:41:40.407+03:002012-07-05T09:41:40.407+03:00I'm appalled at what I'm seeing and hearin...I'm appalled at what I'm seeing and hearing from Bucharest - appalled at the trampling over laws and regulations, appalled at the very real attacks on state institutions and appalled at the very grave threat to democracy.<br /><br />I've been sick and tired these last few days of people accusing me of being pro-Basescu because I am so against what is happening in Romania today. Stupid people consider that you have to be either USL or PDL... I am neither and will be as glad as the next person when Basescu is removed - but in a democratic, legal and constitutional way.<br /><br />I too posted the above letter on my blog and got some pretty rude emails in response. "Unprecedented?" asked someone. "It's not unprecedented!" Um...yes, it's unprecedented in a democracy but obviously not unprecedented in Romania. Other criticisms of this letter too... Someone even told me that everything is totally democratically done which kind of makes you wonder what people actually understand of the word.<br /><br />Bravo for posting this - I'll share it on Facebook and on my blogpost also containing the same letter.<br /><br />I hear there will be a referendum on July 27th. May God help the Romanian people since they don't seem to be doing anything to help themselves - except for a tiny few last night at Pta Uni and Pta Revolutiei last night.... Inertia, 'merge si asa' ca de obicei.<br /><br /> "Never before", said Lucian Mindruta, "have I seen a country which relies so much on its stupid population." Well said.<br /><br />SarahSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00510048015194117748noreply@blogger.com