The hour of the Libyan opportunists

The Libyan rebels have Tripoli entirely under their control and are now searching for the fallen ruler Gaddafi. The daily Adevărul warns of the dangers of the post-revolution period in a bid to prevent a recurrence of what happened after Nicolae Ceauşescu's fall in Romania: "From the ashes of a brutal dictator will rise not the apostles of justice but all kinds of opportunists and profiteers who covet both political leadership and the riches of the state. ... Many of today's rebels will use the images of the anti-Gaddafi revolution to obtain outrageous privileges. Proof of being a rebel will be in high demand because it will bring land, commercial spaces, a lifelong pension, respect, tax relief and all kinds of preferential treatment. ... We have been through all this and know the scenario. But the Romanian model appears to be universal: happy to have escaped the monster, we are too blind to recognise the wolf in sheep's clothing."

» full article (external link, Romanian)
More from the press review on the subject » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Romania, » Libya, » North Africa
All available articles from » Grigore Cartianu

» To the complete press review of Monday, August 29, 2011