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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Immunity protects corrupt politicians too long
The Romanian public prosecutors' office on Wednesday applied for an international arrest warrant against parliamentarian Mihail Boldea, who is suspected of corruption and has gone underground. This is the first time this has happened. The news portal Ziare blames the immunity of parliamentarians for the present situation: "Parliamentary immunity is a major problem. ... It must be revoked before arrests and house searches can take place. But this takes away the element of surprise. … If the Minister of Justice asks parliament to revoke immunity so that a house search can be carried out, what happens? Naturally one tries to dispose of anything that could be incriminating. … Money, papers and other things can be hidden or destroyed. So what's the point of carrying out a search? ... And on top of everything else Mihail Boldea has now gone missing."
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TV exaggerates protests in Romania
Television stations close to the Romanian opposition made the anti-government protests in Romania seem much larger than they really were, writes the news portal Ziare.com: "The cleverest camera angles were used to present a handful of people as a huge, persistent mass. ... The television spoke of 'thousands of people on the street', giving viewers the impression that the protesters numbered tens or even hundreds of thousands. But in fact less than 5,000 people in the whole country took part. Presumably there are two reasons for this media propaganda. On the one hand the media moguls' political interests lie behind the coverage. And on the other hand the images of the protests got fabulous ratings. The people could watch an interesting street spectacle unfold on television, in which they themselves didn't want to take part. 99 percent of Romanians stayed at home - not because they were satisfied or happy to support the government. ... Rather they sensed the media's heavy-handed manipulation."
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