The opposition Social Democrats will win Parliamentary elections this fall, one newspaper reads on Friday. Elsewhere in the news, Bucharest District 2 mayor approved the construction of a 14 floor building on almost 8,300 sq. meters of green area. Last but not least, judges seem to be easily corrupted if threatened by felons.

Cotidianul reads that parliamentary elections this fall will most probably push Social Democrats to a win. The newspaper reads that even though citizens will choose Parliamentarians by uninominal vote, it is actually other factors that matter.

There seems to be a strong correlation between the vote cast for a local mayor and a county council president. Since the mayor is the one that usually names the party's candidate for the county council presidency, he seems to be the most important factor.

Statistically, the newspaper reads that the correlation is solid enough. However, there still are some deviations: for example, in cities, the correlation is weaker because the voter is informed, sophisticated and pays more attention to details.

In the new voting system, it will be thus the mayor which will have more popularity and he will be able to better campaign for his party's candidate. His local influence is an advantage: each mayor will seek to have a representative in the Parliament in order to influence the decision making process.

In the June local elections Social Democrats have with 7.32% more county council president mandates, with 7.23% more mayors than Democrat Liberals and with 11% more first round winnings. Social Democrats thus seem to have more legitimacy in front of the electorate than other big parties.

Elsewhere in the news, Bucharest District 2 mayor Neculai Ontanu approved a 14 floor building to be built on some 8,300 sq. meters of green area, Gandul reads. Ev