A lustration law for Romania?

The Romanian head of state, Traian Basescu, plans to propose the introduction of a lustration law at a meeting with the parliamentary parties next Monday. Under the law, which is modelled on Poland's lustration law, the past of Romania's public figures would be checked for evidence of collaboration with the communist dictatorship. According to Mirela Corlatan such a law will meet with tough resistance: "Right now changing the laws governing access to the archives is more important than the lustration. If the archives are opened, the lustration will follow automatically. It's difficult to believe that Traian Basescu, who as recently as last January explained that lustration would only have made sense a year after the fall of communism, will resolutely push through his proposal for a lustration law, as he promised to do in his post-referendum euphoria. But if researchers are given access to the archives this would have the effect of revitalising the political class for future elections."

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