Prasident Basescu presents list of oligarchs

President Traian Basescu is campaigning so that the people will vote against his suspension in the19 May referendum. On Wednesday, he published a list of oligarchs whom he accuses of controlling the political scene. Cristian Tudor Popescu sees it as a campaign trick: "The tactic of President Traian Basescu is simple, fast and cheap: I, Traian Basescu, share with you the black list of oligarchy – and you, the people, get heated up and herd them together with pitchfork and axe onto the public square. First, Basescu published a list of major businesses, then a list of unpopular journalists and now a list of oligarchs … Actually, only King Michael was missing. But he emerged yesterday afternoon, because he has a good sense of the right moment. After 17 years we are back at the same political and moral level of civilization as 1990: We have a system of justice where defence lawyers roar more accusingly than state prosecutors, a president who incites the people to punish the 'bad guys', and a monarch who wants to save Romania."

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