Newspapers on Tuesday read about the internal differences between former PSD President, Ion Iliescu and PSD District 5 Bucharest Mayor Marian Vanghelie over the nomination of the party for the Bucharest Mayor seat. Also in the news today, as the NATO Summit approaches, some 1000 police officers from across the country are summoned in Bucharest. More in the news, George W. Bush will be informed about the Transylvania highway and its deadlocked situation when he comes to Romania for the NATO Summit.
Evenimentul Zilei deals with the struggles within the main opposition party in Romania, the Social Democratic Party (PSD), on the nomination of a candidate for the Bucharest Mayor seat. The newspaper reads that former PSD President and founder Ion Iliescu attacked the current PSD leader's Mircea Geoana nominee, Marian Vanghelie, who now serves as mayor in the District 5 of Bucharest.
Sources of the newspaper read that Iliescu criticized the current PSD District 5 Mayor for his illegal money sources. At its turn, Vanghelie accused Iliescu that his proposal for these elections, Sorin Oprescu, is on slippery ground, financially sponsored by obscure businessmen.
However, it seems that Vanghelie is mainly criticized for his educational formation and his inability to appeal to intellectuals, unlike his counter candidate. A final end of this divergence is unlikely: Social Democrats have postponed any decision until after the NATO Summit in early April, hoping that time will settle the conflict.
As the Summit approaches, authorities gather up their forces to deal with the important event and its special security needs. Romania Libera reads that some 1000 police forces were detached from the country in order to secure Bucharest.
The newspaper reads that Bucharest police forces will teach their fellow colleagues everything th