The shortcomings of Securitate investigations

The National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives (CNSAS), whose members are appointed according to the principles of party proportional representation, has failed three times to elect a new president. Each time not enough members of the council attended the voting session. But according to Florian Bichir, the vote is the least of the council's problems: "Ten politicians have been given carte blanche. They have been cleared of having collaborated with the Securitate - although there was controversial evidence to the contrary. The council argued its point with legal pretexts and explanations, one more childish than the other. This investigative council is an institution in which each representative makes sure that either his boss or his political allies aren't exposed: if I'm allowed to keep this file you can keep that one. Up to now there has been no inquiry into the activities of the council, and the control committee which was set up a year ago hasn't worked a single day so far."

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