Most newspapers read about the reasons behind the resignation of Vasile Blaga. Elsewhere in the news, find out more about the new Interior minister, Traian Igas and the new informal leadership of influence within the Democrat Liberal Party.
Romania libera reads about the main reasons behind Blaga's resignation: one of the most important is the failure to reform the information service of the Interior ministry, requested a year ago by the President.
Another reason, according to the newspaper is Blaga's complicated relations with politicians and opinion leaders in the anti-presidential coalition. The urgency and the speed with which the party found a replacer for Blaga confirms the newspaper's hypothesis.
The Interior ministry's information service, UM 0215, has triggered plenty of scandals and leaks of information during the 2009 electoral campaign. The ministry started an investigation but it was suspended.
The information service is always accused in every electoral campaign that it intervenes in electoral campaigns, using its logistics to compromise or discourage those in the political game.
The relationship between Traian Basescu and Vasile Blaga proved complicated lately, especially because Blaga is a close member of politicians and opinion leaders in the anti-presidential coalition within the party.
However, in 2009, Blaga was Basescu's chief of electoral campaign.
Elsewhere in the news, Gandul reads about the new Interior minister, Traian Igas, sustained by Gheorghe Falca, Timisoara's mayor who is very close to President Basescu. The new Interior minister owns an apartment, a house, two cars and shares worth half of million lei.
The decision, taken by the President, respects, according to the newspaper, the share of influence within the government. Igas is leader of the Dem
