Demagogii (1)

iulie 24, 2007 in editorial

Mai jos, ultimul post de la blogul personal al lui Adrian Nastase. O noua metoda de dialog cu electoratul.

http://nastase.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/republica-populara-avramescu/#comments

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Quote: ( Nastase)

“Sa nu ma intelegeti gresit. Consider si eu ca, dupa 2003, este nevoie sa pregatim o noua revizuire a Constitutiei noastre.”

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Am vrut sa-i las comentariul asta la blog dar m-am razgindit.

Joe King:

Nu va intelegem gresit. E nevoie de o noua Constitutie, revizuita. Care

sa-i apere si mai bine pe hoti, sa poata sa fure in liniste. Sa nu fie prinsi asa usor.

Domnule Nastase, pe cine incercati sa prostiti cu blogul dumneavoastra?

La televiziunile straine va uitati? Care spun ca in Romania coruptia are adinci radacini in politica?

In PSD in special. Presa Romana viueste de acuzatii la adresa dumneavoastra in rolul unui corupt notoriu.

De ce tocmai dumneavoastra vorbiti de revizuirea Constitutiei? Masochism politic sau ce?

Dumneavoastra chiar nu cititi ziarele interne si internationale?

Vreti sa va dau eu exemple. Aici la blogul dumneavoastra?

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Exemple. Doar prin simplu “search” la Google:

La prima aruncatura de undita:

Pe urma am cautat, Adrian Nastase:

Omul e vestit:

Adrian Năstase (born June 22, 1950) is a Romanian politician who was the Prime Minister of Romania from December 2000 to December 2004.

He competed as the Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidate in the 2004 presidential election, but was defeated by centre-right Justice and Truth (DA) Alliance candidate Traian Băsescu.

He was the President of the Chamber of Deputies from December 21, 2004 until 15 March 2006, when he resigned due to corruption charges. Se pare ca daca Constitutia aia era deja “reviziuita” nu-si mai dadea demisia.

Sarmanul Bombonel a fost invinuit pe nedrept:

Allegations of corruption and other controversies

Beginning before his period as prime minister, Năstase was implicated in varying degrees in a number of financial scandals. Scandals accumulated toward the end of his premiership, ultimately leading in 2006 to a series of criminal charges and his March 15, 2006 resignation as speaker of the lower chamber of parliament and as executive president of the Social Democrats.

Allegation regarding highway construction concessions without competitive bidding

In 2003 and 2004, Năstase was accused of giving construction rights for one motorway (Braşov–Borş) without a competitive and open bidding process, to the American Bechtel Corporation after some high level talks between Năstase and the company leadership. The Năstase government claimed that this no-bid process was a necessity based on the short time allowed under their agreements with international funders to get the project started, and defended it as legal on the basis that it was a “national security” project. [1] The government also argued that it had negotiated a fair and competitive price with Bechtel. The failure to undertake a bidding process resulted in general outcry, both inside and outside Romania. The European Union expressed its concern regarding the validity of this transaction and its lack of transparency. In addition, European Commission officials complained that the highway was not included in the EU’s greater plans for constructing a highway system in the region. These concerns increased when, after high level talks with French officials, construction rights for the Cגmpina – Sinaia highway were awarded in a similar manner to French companies. Despite the outcry, the construction of both highways remained extremely popular in Transylvania, and the center-right Tăriceanu government continued the projects after Năstase left office.

2003-2004 PSD transcripts

Closely guarded text transcripts of PSD meetings surfaced on an anonymous website just before the 2004 Romanian presidential election. In the transcripts, Năstase and his ministers allegedly discuss plans to illegally interfere in judicial processes to achieve political goals; and to suppress media reporting negatively on the PSD. Năstase asserted that the transcripts were fake, but several party members, including Foreign Minister and PM candidate Mircea Geoană, said they were indeed genuine.

2004 Attempts to censor media

In 2004, with the increasing pressure of the electoral campaign, Năstase as prime-minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party PSD allegedly attempted to censor Romanian mass-media. Most TV channels in Romania were – and for that matter, are – under heavy debt, including for failing taxes. In 2004 threats were reportedly issued against the stations that did not provde favorable coverage of Năstase and the PSD prior to and during the electoral campaign period, including allegedly threats to revoke broadcast licenses. This was reportedly to have been the case with PRO TV – the largest Romanian TV station, with a market share of 40% – and its mother company, Prima TV with a market share of 5% and Realitatea TV. The other main private channel, Antena 1, with 20% market share, was owned by Dan Voiculescu, president of the very small Humanist Party (PUR). The PSD thereby formed an electoral alliance with the PUR, an apparent attempt to ensure positive coverage on Antena 1 by promising 35 seats in the parliament for the much smaller party.

Romanian State Television (TVR) with a 20% share, concentrated especially in rural areas, was put under strong control and direct censorship, a reminder of bygone communist times, in order to show only the positive deeds of the government and the downsides of the opposition. Strong attacks were launched against Theodor Stolojan and Traian Băsescu. Thus, 90% of TV in Romania was strongly influenced through intimidation by the PSD. Print media was also controlled, as most newspapers rely on social advertising issued by the government, and that was given only to pro-Năstase publications, and strictly controlled. Some newspapers, such as Naţional, were completely taken over ideologically by the PSD. The only newspapers not affected were Evenimentul Zilei and the satirical Academia Caţavencu, which sold in record numbers during the campaign as they showed evidence of corruption and mishaps in the government. These papers were strongly criticized in all other media. After the victory of the opposition, most newspapers switched sides or adopted a neutral position.

2004 secret meeting recording

In October 2004 Năstase was recorded in a PSD meeting showing his concern about an alleged 700 million USD bribe received by a government member upon the privatization of state-run petroleum company Petrom. Năstase has been recorded saying: “Today I have asked the General Prosecutor to investigate this, because if someone from the Government got $700 million and did not bring in his contribution to the election campaign, then he is twice guilty.” An article, including the audio recording [2], was published by Evenimentul Zilei on December 4, 2004. Adrian Năstase declared afterwards it was only a joke.

2006 DNA (National Department of Anti-corruption) take Adrian Năstase to court

In November 2006 a trial began in which Năstase was charged with several counts of corruption and bribery. Three bank accounts belonging to the ex-prime minister have been frozen. According to the prosecutors, the amount of money obtained illegally totals more than € 1 million.[3]

Gifts from Ion Ţiriac

On 4 November, 2004, Năstase received from Ion Ţiriac a Mercedes S500 (worth USD100,000) for a bet they had [4]. The Romanian law requires high-ranking officials to declare any gift worth more than USD200 in less than 30 days after they received it, but Năstase failed to declare it as of 7 December. Both Ţiriac and Năstase stated that the bet was actually a joke meant to create publicity for a government project aimed at building over 400 gyms.

In the TV debate of the presidential election, Năstase declared that he was considering quitting his hobby of hunting. However, on 22-23 January 2005, Năstase took part in a boar hunt in Bגlc, Bihor, which was dubbed a ‘massacre’ by the Romanian press, ecologist organizations and other hunters. In the two-day hunt, 185 boars were killed, 23 by Adrian Năstase. [5] (Romanian only)

The hunting property Năstase uses is rented and maintained by Ţiriac, who invests heavily in it (in the range of millions of USD) and uses it to invite very important and wealthy persons from all over the world to facilitate business deals.

2006 Dacian gold Scandal

Adrian Năstase was named, together with Dan Iosif, Sergiu Nicolaescu and Ioan Talpeş as part in another case investigated the National Anti-corruption Department, involving ancient Dacian artifacts retrieved from Sarmizegetuza Regia, worth € 1.5 million.

2006 “Aunt Tamara” Scandal

In January 2006, Năstase included on a legally required wealth disclosure statement an inheritance of over 1 million euros from his wife’s elderly aunt. Năstase claimed that the aunt, who had lived modestly on a pension, had come upon the fortune by selling jewels she had owned for decades and investing some of the funds in real estate. The explanation did not seem credible to many in the public, and the media speculated that the Năstases used the inheritance as an opportunity to launder money and carry out illegal land deals. Năstase “temporarily suspended” himself as executive president of PSD while prosecutors investigated the alleged crime.

Undervalued land leads to resignation of posts

In 1998, Năstase bought (through some middlemen) a 700 m² lot in a posh neighborhood of Bucharest, from controversial businessman Gabriel Bivolaru, for a price that was estimated by real-estate agents to be less than 1/25 of its worth. On this land, his company built a luxury apartment building. Initially, an inquiry by the National Anti-corruption Prosecutor’s Office failed to bring charges. In November 2005, the case was reopened by the prosecutors and on 7 February 2006 he was officially charged with taking a bribe and with trafficking influence.

As a result of this charge, Năstase lost a vote of confidence among his party’s leadership and was forced to resign on March 15, 2006 as speaker of the lower chamber of parliament and as executive president of the Social Democrats.

Other criticism

Adrian Nastase is the owner of a chicken farm. In front of the press(the discussion was about his wealth), Adrian Nastase said: “Someone wanted to come and count my chickens. I would suggest him he would better count my eggs(in Romanian eggs also means balls)”(Romanian)”Cineva voia sa vina sa-mi numere gainile. I-as sugera mai bine sa-mi numere ouale”[1]

Asked by a journalist whether he knows anything about a press scandal about his sexual orientation, Adrian Nastase said:

“I am not scared of any sexual scandal with which I will be soon threatened by the employers of a newspaper which criticises me every day. If Evenimentul Zilei employers want from me a proove I don’t have homosexual inclinations, I will test all their wifes, so that they are convinced about my sexual inclinations.

(Romanian)Intrebat de un jurnalist de la “Ziarul de Sibiu” daca are cunostinta ca i s-ar pregati un scandal in presa legat de inclinatiile sale sexuale, Adrian Nastase a lansat un atac abject la adresa “Evenimentului zilei”: “Nu mi-e frica de nici un scandal sexual cu care voi fi amenintat in curind de angajatii unui ziar care ma tot critica in fiecare zi. Daca cei de la “Evenimentul zilei” vor sa le demonstrez ca nu am inclinatii homosexuale, o sa le testez toate nevestele lor ca sa se convinga in legatura cu inclinatiile mele sexuale”[2]

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Ma opresc aici. Domnule Nastase, vreti sau nu, asta e cartea dumneavoastra de vizita. V-as intreba, ce motiv sa aibe cineva ca sa fie interesat sa va citeasca blogul? Cu ajutorul caruia incercati sa aruncati praf in ochii prostilor. Cit de prosti trebuie sa fie romanii sa se uite in gura, pardon, degetele dumneavoastra? Cit? ….cred ca stiu care e raspunsul dumneavoastra.