Traian Basescu remains Romanian president

Tibor Kis comments on the results of the referendum in Romania: "Traian Basescu is armed with more power and legitimacy for his next confrontations with the opposition. It faces the bitter realisation that its initiative for a referendum has backfired. However the referendum hasn't really changed the balance of power. Not even Basescu truly believes what he claims: that this is a new beginning for Romania. What Basescu hails as a second turning point - the amendment of the constitution, the adoption of a lustration law for reviewing the communist past, the battle against the oligarchy - appears to be just a bluff. His declarations are better interpreted as threats against the opposition. His power boosted by the election results, Basescu now wants to get back at the opposition."

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