POLITICS - November 5th 2004 Royal Courtâs lawyer, Adrian Vasiliu, is unpleased with the Senateâs decision of not debating in emergency conditions the law project regarding the indemnification of King Mihai for the properties confiscated by the communists. GABRIELA ANTONIU
Royal Courtâs lawyer, Adrian Vasiliu, says that the law project - recently approved by the Government and forwarded to the Senate in order to be discussed as an emergency procedure regarding King Mihaiâs indemnification with 30 million euros for the unreturned goods from the Peles domain - "has no political coloratura".
REACTION "I donât see why another Parliament would vote against. I am amazed by another aspect, by the fact that, for instance, NLP (the National Liberal Party) decided to abstain from voting the respective emergency procedure. Yes, I am amazed that NLP adopts such a strategy, when, in fact, the law has to be voted and it is the countryâs interest, not some partyâs, that this law would be voted and I hope that the NLP- DP (Democratic Party) Members of Parliament who will get out of the elections as winners or as losers will see things in another way, a way less dependant by minor political interests that determined todayâs decision", Royal Courtâs lawyer stated yesterday for BBC. Asked about the interests he was talking about, Adrian Vasiliu stated that this is just a hunch. "Why should SDP (Social Democratic Party) gain image by promoting this law until the elections and why should we offer them this gift? This is like, I say again, everything depended on it", he said.
RETICENT On the other hand, the Royal Courtâs lawyer states that he doesnât know in what way "the negotiations and the SDP intention of really solving this issue have been real for all the leading board". "I believe that many were reticent and they have ac
