It took no more than a second for the magistrates to take a decision in the case of the note invoked by Elena Udrea and confirmed by Traian Basescu. The note doesnât have any penal significance.
Actually, the President himself, knowing that there is no possible way to get Calin Popescu Tariceanu with the note, wanted to say it was an interesting note at most. In order to get sure this disclosure doesnât turn against him like a boomerang, he did two more tricks:
a) he avoided reading the note live on prime time.
b) he made it a part of a longer sequence of facts that the PM would have done in the name of certain groups of interest to make it look a lot worse than it was.
Contrary to the opinions of the jurists, of the politicians, of several analysts, the Romanian General Prosecutor said on TV that, "in theory", the note could be seen as an act of corruption.
On Thursday, the 18th of January 2007, on Antena 3, Professor Emil Constantinescu, a professional jurist and former Romanian President, emphasized the judicial flaws of this statement. The Prosecutor General looked like a model that paid for the Law school just to have a diploma. The professional incompetence of the person brought from Sibiu to be named the General Prosecutor of Romania has been strongly analyzed during the past days.
However, there is a much more serious consequence of the public opinion of Laura Codruta Kovesi.
She dragged a national institution with a clear neutral status in a political battle.
By trying to make the pink note penal, Laura Codruta Kovesi involved the General Prosecutorsâ Office in the fight between the Palaces. The statement was in the clear favor of one of the sides.
Which side?
Traian Basescuâs side, of course!
Of course, there is no valid ground to take the pink note into Court. In the same way in whic
