Romanians sick of crisis

In Romania, the left-liberal governing alliance USL scored a clear victory in local and regional elections on Sunday but fell short of an absolute majority. The liberal-conservative daily Adevărul explains the reasons behind the USL's victory: "The voters didn't vote for the USL alliance because it is less blemished and has a cleaner record than other parties or because the [liberal-democratic] PDL is the embodiment of evil. Both sides have their 'local barons' who are incompetent, shameless and corrupt. The truth is that the electorate used their vote to punish the incompetent government of [ex-prime minister] Boc. The poorest and the still weak middle class have been worst hit by the crisis. The people are sick of hearing about austerity measures from morning to night and have decided it's time to let the others have a go at governing the country."

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