Most newspapers on Monday read about the new union of the opposition, the Social Liberal Union but few newspapers note the great absentees or the shadow financial supporters. Romanian Parliamentarians doubled their businesses with the state in 2010 as businesses are given to the governing coalition and taken from the opposition. Elsewhere in the news, the recent arrests at the Siret customs in North Romania obliged smugglers to find alternatives. Romanian artist Ion Grigorescu will attend at the Tate Modern in London at the group exhibition Out of Place.
Evenimentul Zilei reveals the great absentees this weekend as the opposition announced its new union, the Social Liberal Union. The newspaper talks about people who have the financial and media possibilities to support the new union. They lurk in the shadows until the Union will takeover power, the newspaper reads.
The great absentee was Dan Voiculescu, former Conservative leader who even through was the promoter of the Union was asked not to attend. However, according to the protocol, Voiculescu will receive the position as Speaker of the Senate if the Union gets power.
Another supporter of the Union, the newspaper reads is businessman Dinu Patriciu. About Geoana, the newspaper notes that he was absent because he was excluded from the Union which he was also a great supporter. Geoana was excluded from the party for six months, is avoided by his party and will also lose his position as Speaker of the Senate if the Union comes to power.
Elsewhere in the news, Gandul reads that Parliamentarians doubled their businesses with the state in 2010, mostly the ruling coalition’s Parliamentarians. Official data from a statistics based on their wealth declarations reveals that business was booming while they were parliamentarians.
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