Basescu denies plans for presidential party
The president said he does need a new party to gather votes.
President Traian Basescu said yesterday he will discuss "very soon" with his adviser Theodor Stolojan the latter's involvement in politics. When asked if he intends to fire Stolojan, a former Liberal leader, recently excluded from his party for criticizing the Liberal leadership, he refused to give a straight answer. Stolojan is one of Basescu's closest allies.
However, he denied rumors that a presidential party is to be set up around him. "This was created by the media, some political analysts and some politicians," he said.
Basescu admitted that he cares for the Democratic Party, which he led before the 2004 presidential elections, and that he would have wanted the Liberals and Democrats to unite, but "it's a long way to the presidential party."
He added that he does not need such a party to obtain votes.
Stolojan announced earlier this week that he will launch a political platform meant to unite all the center-right forces in Romania. According to Stolojan, the new platform will focus on bringing together all those who believe in real Liberal values and in the power of the center-right forces. "We will present a political platform for the revitalization of the Liberal forces, as well as for the unity of the center-right ideology," said Stolojan Wednesday.
He pointed out that the Democratic Party, the Liberals' partners in the Liberal-Democratic Alliance, supports of the center-right ideology.
"We want this center-right unity to take place with them (the Democrats), also," Stolojan said.
The former Liberal president said the platform will prove why the credibility of the Liberal Party is decreasing and outline the necessary course of action to prevent this from happening.
Stolojan announced he will resign from his position as presidential adviser if his political actions will harm the presidential institution.
Based on Stolojan's plan, a Conservative lawmaker, Codrin Stefanescu, had said last weekend that Basescu is the "conductor" of a new "megalomaniac" party made of the Democrats, which will be joined by other members of the Liberal Party, the Social Democrats, the National Christian Democrats, the National Initiative Party and the Social Christian Union, who will leave their organizations.
"Today, the leaders of certain parties in Romania forgot all the promises they made during elections, they forgot about programs, doctrines and platforms and are secretly planning a political mega-construction," he said.
The partisan and conductor of this new political party is Basescu, who is trying to set up a presidential mega-party to support his election for the next presidential term, added Stefanescu.
This political movement is designed "to strangulate" any form of opposition, he said.
Stolojan has also denied Stefanescu's statement.
Article from: http://www.daily-news.ro/
President Traian Basescu said yesterday he will discuss "very soon" with his adviser Theodor Stolojan the latter's involvement in politics. When asked if he intends to fire Stolojan, a former Liberal leader, recently excluded from his party for criticizing the Liberal leadership, he refused to give a straight answer. Stolojan is one of Basescu's closest allies.
However, he denied rumors that a presidential party is to be set up around him. "This was created by the media, some political analysts and some politicians," he said.
Basescu admitted that he cares for the Democratic Party, which he led before the 2004 presidential elections, and that he would have wanted the Liberals and Democrats to unite, but "it's a long way to the presidential party."
He added that he does not need such a party to obtain votes.
Stolojan announced earlier this week that he will launch a political platform meant to unite all the center-right forces in Romania. According to Stolojan, the new platform will focus on bringing together all those who believe in real Liberal values and in the power of the center-right forces. "We will present a political platform for the revitalization of the Liberal forces, as well as for the unity of the center-right ideology," said Stolojan Wednesday.
He pointed out that the Democratic Party, the Liberals' partners in the Liberal-Democratic Alliance, supports of the center-right ideology.
"We want this center-right unity to take place with them (the Democrats), also," Stolojan said.
The former Liberal president said the platform will prove why the credibility of the Liberal Party is decreasing and outline the necessary course of action to prevent this from happening.
Stolojan announced he will resign from his position as presidential adviser if his political actions will harm the presidential institution.
Based on Stolojan's plan, a Conservative lawmaker, Codrin Stefanescu, had said last weekend that Basescu is the "conductor" of a new "megalomaniac" party made of the Democrats, which will be joined by other members of the Liberal Party, the Social Democrats, the National Christian Democrats, the National Initiative Party and the Social Christian Union, who will leave their organizations.
"Today, the leaders of certain parties in Romania forgot all the promises they made during elections, they forgot about programs, doctrines and platforms and are secretly planning a political mega-construction," he said.
The partisan and conductor of this new political party is Basescu, who is trying to set up a presidential mega-party to support his election for the next presidential term, added Stefanescu.
This political movement is designed "to strangulate" any form of opposition, he said.
Stolojan has also denied Stefanescu's statement.
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