Early elections are not well received in Scornicesti sthe village former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was born in, trans. notet: "It doesnât matter who will win. Things will not change for the better, no matter what," is the general mood of the people.
At the local pub some are for, some are against early elections. One mathematics teacher and a history one refuse do give us their names, but volunteer their comments: "It would have been a surprise to not have early elections"; "Early elections are what we needed now, only six months since elections?"; "We are placed at the gates of the Orient, where anything goes."
As for the reasons why early elections would be called, they agree that: "It is not normal to have the opposition leaders as speakers of the House and the Senate - they sthe centrist ruling coalition, trans. notet want to get them down, thatâs for sure" - says one of the teachers; "sPresident Traiant Basescu dealt the cards. He was the one who pressed for early elections," adds the other one.
"sPM Calin Popescut Tariceanu is more arrogant. He is of the same fabric sAdriant Nastase sformer PM and leader of the Social Democrat Party, in oppositiont is made of. Basescu does not like his style, so he is preparing the position to be taken over by sTheodort Stolojan sformer leader of the Liberal Party and presidential candidate at the 2004 electionst."
After the 1989 revolution, Scornicesti was among the first cities having a local organization of the Liberal Party. But the last liberal mayor took office in 1992.
"We are always out of step: when the former communists were leading in Bucharest we had a liberal mayor. Now, when liberals came to power in the central government, we have a SDP mayor â¦"
So, what would you do now, engage in the electoral campaign or not?
"What else should we do, but campaign and use our own
