Romania's ex-PM can't bear loss of power

The former prime minister of Romania, Adrian Năstase, was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday on charges of corruption. Năstase attempted suicide as the police arrested him but is now in a stable condition. He simply couldn't bear the loss of power, writes the news portal Ziare: "He is the man who led Romania, controlling everything that happened in the country with an iron fist. From his own party to the last provincial newspaper, from the highest judge to the rookie prosecutor. The man who never abandoned his dream of becoming president and who was still being discussed as a candidate for prime minister's office couldn't understand that he too is subject to the law. And that in a moment when [the social democratic party] PSD once more has the say. Adrian Năstase wanted to commit suicide when he saw that he had lost all control over his opiate, absolute power, including over the judiciary. ... Without all of that he is nothing more than a weak and puny man - far from the grandeur of his years in office. This powerless Adrian Năstase has now become himself."

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