Cav's Place

As expected, our president got suspended. I’ll translate and post here the comment I posted on the sites of 4 important national newspapers, which expresses the way I see the situation.

I’ll say from the beginning that I don’t think anybody who desires a position of authority should obtain it. But right now it is the only way we have. That said, out of all presidential candidates supported by a party represented in the parliament (since the others really couldn’t have achieved anything) we’ve had since the ’89 Revolution, including those who could run against him now, Basescu is by far the best. It is my personal opinion and my right to say it.
I stood for hours out in the cold in a train station in 2004 waiting my turn to vote, because I wasn’t in the city listed in my ID card as my home address at the time, so I’ll certainly go vote now as well, especially since I won’t have to go through the same thing all over again, and I’ll vote for him again. I don’t remember voting for the prime minister, senators or deputies for them to be able to decide what to do about the only person that I did vote by name.
Even taking party lists into account, I voted for the DA alliance firstly for Basescu and secondly for his party, PD. The fact that PNL was in that alliance with them made me think twice about my decision, but eventually hoped they’ll keep their mouths shut, seeing that polls placed them well below PD, so they should be thankful for getting the seats they have thanks to them in the first place. But apparently I was wrong.
Now, assuming they won’t get their hands even dirtier and find a way to prevent him from running again in their desperation not to lose the warm cozy seats from under their butts, and assuming they won’t “fix” the elections, the people will express their will once again. And then, when it will prove to be against them, what new excuses will they find not to resign from their positions?
What’s happening to Basescu is what happens to anybody trying to go against the “system”. He can’t win alone, but, if Romanians will wake up and fight alongside him, we might be able to succeed together. When a person better suited for the job than Basescu will come along, my support will certainly go over to them. But that seems unlikely to happen in the near future, therefore he still has my full support.