Un grup de ONG-uri cunoscute au trimis partenerilor internationali ai Romaniei un comunicat semnaland rapida politizare si derivele anti-democratice ale guvernarii Ponta. Mai jos, textul integral al comunicatului.
(Si pentru cine nu a aflat din alte surse, maine (luni) e un protest cu papioane in fata ICR, 19:00-19:30, Aleea Alexandru 38.)
Alert from the Romanian civil society, issued by
Freedom House Romania
Expert Forum (EFOR)
Romanian Center for European Policies (CRPE)
Group for Social Dialogue (GDS)
Center for Independent Journalism (CJI)
Timisoara Society
ProDoMo
Resource Center for Public Participation (CeRe)
Bucharest, June 16th 2012
Politicization of administration by the new Romanian government continues
The new center-left coalition led by Prime Minister Victor Ponta continues to take revenge on independent voices, apply pressure on the public TV and independent agencies, in total contrast with what they were preaching just three months ago, when in opposition
After losing three cabinet members over integrity issues in its first month in office; adopting a first-pass-the-post electoral system that risks creating artificial super-majorities after the November 2012 elections; and replacing all prefects and heads of territorial agencies (formally civil servants) in just a few weeks, the new center-left coalition led by prime minister Ponta has continued unabated with its pressures exerted on institutions which should be nominally independent, judiciary included.
In the first half of June, the following developments took place:
- The President and Board of the public TV were dismissed and a low-key columnist with no media management experience and a penchant for adulatory commentary was appointed as interim director.
- State institutions which are nominally ind
