There is a blind fight on our political scene at the beginning of this electoral campaign. Despicable attacks, tactical blockages, backstage video games, ineffable polemics... This is why I will try to give an example of cooperation between parties.
There is a blind fight on our political scene at the beginning of this electoral campaign. Despicable attacks, tactical blockages, backstage video games, ineffable polemics... This is why I will try to give an example of cooperation between parties. A few days ago, Mr. Emil Boc proposed a smaller parliament. He proposed to transform the two chambers of the legislature into a studio. There could be people saying that this approach of the intellectual mayor in Cluj is a populist gesture. The Parliament has a bad image; it's easy to attack it. And the idea of decreasing, even insignificantly, the state’s expenditure may appear as an electoral benefit. Ultimately, we would pay less for the making of the laws and there would be more money for curbs and luxury cars.
But I do not want to think so. I think Mr. Boc wants to make the legislature more useful and more functional. So I join his political philosophy with some of my ideas and hope that the experience that I acquired in the parliament may be useful for this.
The unicameral parliament - which could be called the Small National Assembly - seems to be just a shy start for a greater reform. A single chamber is a good idea, which deserves to be completed. What if we had a single chamber with only one deputy? The President himself? That way we elect once for two institutions and remove, I hope, any disruption between them. An additional article in the Constitution might provide that the President should be named Traian Băsescu for ever. In this way, we wouldn’t have to get through the emotions and the Sunday elections. Sure, many p
