Financiarul

The agreement signed on Wednesday at the Parliament Palace by the leaderships of the Social Democratic Party + Conservative Party (PSD+PC) Alliance and the National Liberal Party (PNL) to get Romania out of the ongoing crisis contains principles on which the future joint governance of the two parties will be built, as well as a series of objectives pledged to be pursued by both parties, including endorsing PSD chief Mircea Geoana for the December 6 presidential runoff.

The document reads that PSD and PNL have agreed to get Romania out of what it says is economic, political and moral crisis; restore solidarity and confidence among Romanians; secure a governance that will provide a balanced development of the country; restore the country’s international standing and promote a foreign policy that will benefit Romanians, as well as resume dialogue and cooperation among the state powers and between Government and social partners.

The principles underpinning the joint PSD-PNL governance spelled out in the agreement are reducing the role of taxation as engine for economic development; governing to the benefit of all Romanians through a fair distribution of the fruit of economic development; transparence and efficiency in public spending.
PSD and PNL also vow to observe individual rights and freedoms – the right to economic initiatives, the right to healthcare, the right to education, the right to social security and the right to a healthy environment.

Among their other joint governance principles are observing the provisions included in a pact between the two parties concerning justice affairs, decentralisation and depoliticising the public administration, as well as assisting social categories in distress – young families, pensioners and people on low income – modernising agriculture and the countryside.

Based on these principles and the objectives mentioned in the agreement, the two parties are committed to endorsing the PSD+PC Alliance candidate in the December 6 presidential runoff, assembling a stable majority to endorse a Government headed by Klaus Johannis and drawing up a government programme that will take Romania out of crisis.

‘Twenty years now after the Romanian Revolution, the hopes and aspirations of most Romanians have been wasted in a never-ending transition. The signatory political parties pledge to realise these aspirations and give Romanians back a democratic government dedicated to the public interest. We want to give Romanians back a country of which they may be proud, a country where they are respected by their political leaders and the administration, a country where they have a chance for full personal, professional and social achievement,’ reads the agreement.

‘After five years in office Traian Basescu is leaving behind a country in chaos, a country without a legitimate government, a country devoured by artificial conflicts among the state powers, between the state and society, as well as among various social categories,’ reads the agreement. ‘Traian Basescu is leaving behind a Romania about to collapse economically, a country which public administration has been occupied by incompetent politicians who were abusively installed in leading public offices,’ the document says.