We lack vision and proffesional executives in the Romanian public administration system

About solutions to our crookied public administration system. This is a relaxed talk show at the beginning of 2012, with Cristian Deceanu at Antena1 Galati – Braila TV station. From my point of view, young people need to run for …

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Survey: What should a new political party look like in Romania?

It is true that things in Romania are not making progress or are not making progress as they should. It is also true that the Romanian society is numb, is not civically engaged and tired to be lied for the …

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Georgia State (United States) more committed to ethics in government than Romania

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Georgia’s state and local governments are more committed to protecting their citizens from possible unethical behavior of their public officials than the Romanian authorities. At the state level, Georgia has an Ethics Commission and ethics legislation in place. “It is …

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Went to sleep with one president and woke up with the other!

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The Americans have seen this in 2000, when George Bush won his first term in office over Al Gore. Of course, the scale is different, but the feeling is the same. Incumbent President Traian Basescu managed to have an overnight …

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And so, I could NOT vote!

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It is quite difficult for me to explain how you want to vote, go to vote, waste five hours, and still not vote! But this is possible in Romania. Last Sunday, we had elections for the new President of Romania. …

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