On Friday, while on an official visit abroad, President Nicușor Dan spoke about the domestic political situation.
However, this does not mean he was more convincing, or relevant than in the past. And he gave no indication that he had a fix for the spiraling political crisis.
On the contrary, on Friday, the head of state admitted personal failure, when he spoke about the two prime ministers he’d nominated.
On case nr. 1, Eugen Tomac, Nicușor Dan said he was “convinced that he would get the votes”, “based on repeated information”. In case nr. 2, Adrian Veștea, he conceded he’d been less optimistic but “I considered he (could get) a majority.”
It is impossible to say what the president relied on in both cases, given that even public opinion would have been enough for him to understand that both cases had a high risk of failure (Tomac) and failure + danger (Veștea). It should also be noted that Nicușor Dan did not offer, on Friday, any clue to help us decipher his mysterious reasoning.
In any case, I don’t think there are too many Romanians who make so many serious mistakes at work, without jeopardizing their job or chances of promotion. The Romanian Presidency, however, seems like the ideal job, but there is no room for everyone.
The head of state on Friday also briefly addressed his interference in the Liberal Party.
What he hinted was as serious as the initial act. He hinted it was something normal (“I nominate”) and at the same time offended the intelligence of anyone who doubted him (“I don’t play party games”). So what did the president mean? That he doesn’t know what he’s doing? The job of president seems ideal, but there aren’t many openings.
Last but not least, Nicușor Dan paid a new tribute to the “captured” Romanian justice system (in the words of a friend), minimizing the decision of the Ilfov Court to overrule internal decisions of a political party, again the Liberals. But probably just as he does not consider he had overstepped his role, Nicușor Dan does not see a provincial court as overstepping its role.
It should be noted that the homage Nicușor Dan paid so ominously to the Romanian justice shows his accelerated moral and professional decomposition – the way he appointed flawed chief prosecutors, claiming they were spotless and even identifying with them. Admittedly he had seen their flaws when he was a presidential candidate and chasing the reformist electorate.
Finally, on Friday, President Dan once again blamed the parties, lumped together, because the scandal that Nicușor Dan is stoking today means increasing the confusion between the victim and the aggressor.
He also reiterated that his priority is to maintain Romania’s pro-Western direction. It is surprising from the outside to hear him repeating this ad nauseum, as he also said he won’t give up on Veștea,
Because a Veștea Government, however you look at it, and President Dan is basically a mathematician, is not possible without the votes of the extremists in Parliament, including some from AUR.
After he spoke, this is the conclusion: the crisis continues, the president continues to inflate it, together with political and media allies and those in the anti-reform camp, can praise him even more. .
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