I have bad news. Traian Băsescu is preparing to repeat the same scenario. The President is ready for early elections, Mr. Lazaroiu calmly says. In this variant, the elections do not matter any more.

The star of the Romanian winter holidays this year will probably not be the well-known character with a beard and sleigh pulled by reindeers, but the 1st paragraph of Article 103 in the Constitution. The carols that the representatives of the President have started to sing already make it quite possible. The respective article mentions the way in which the PM names the candidate after the elections. Its interpretation and application will lead to the political mixture of the new executive and the parliamentary majority behind it.

Since it is quite short, this article can be interpreted in several ways. Must the President take into account the already existing agreements between the parties when trying to form a majority? Of course not, the President’s representatives will say. The Head of the State does what he wants! So, for example, in a recent interview, presidential adviser Sebastian Lazaroiu says that, if no party has an absolute majority, it cannot claim a certain PM from the President. Maybe we would squabble less if we noticed that this article is not alone in the world. It is part of a text, which is called the Constitution, which defines quite exactly the presidential institution as a whole. Another article, no. 80, paragraph 2, says a fundamental thing about this institution. The President “sees that the Constitution is abided and the public authorities function well”.

Therefore, whenever he takes a decision, the President must take into consideration the good functioning of the state. There should be no long periods of provisional or interim. The administration should be strong, with a clear political mandate, based