Romania's most important politician, Ion Iliescu celebrates his 80th birthday today. Dacia launched its new jeep model, Duster at Geneva as newspapers remind citizens of the first Dacia models. The Parliament voted the new statute of public servants who rule that chiefs of decentralized services are public servants. EU might support the South Stream project, one newspaper reads.
Evenimentul Zilei reads about the 80th anniversary of the oldest and most important politician on the Romanian political scene after the Communist revolution, Ion Iliescu. The former President influenced the lives and development of the Romanians and the country alike.
One can say many things about Iliescu and not all are in the past. Iliescu is still part of the Social Democratic Party, where his opinion is strongly wanted. The newspaper reads about the top 5 good deeds Iliescu made along the years.
In 2000, Iliescu sustained Romania's integration in the NATO structures, especially after September 11. In 2004, at the end of his last mandate as President, Romanian joined the EU. Even though the merits belong to the Nastase government, Iliescu's contribution cannot be neglected. He supported this project with all constitutional measures he had at his disposal.
The first democratic power transfer in the post-revolutionary period took place in 1996 when Iliescu left his function and Constantinescu became President. Along the years, Iliescu had the image of a poor and honest man. However, he tolerated the corruption that took over the state's institutions.
The top five bad deeds are the accusations against him for all the deaths in the revolution. Moreover, Iliescu thanked the miners for their outbreak in 1990 and 1991 for their civic conscience. Under the pretext of a national union, Iliescu attempted to enforce the idea that the second
