European authorities have waded into a brutal political feud transfixing Romania, accusing the prime minister, Victor Ponta, of systematic abuse of the countrys constitution and undermining the rule of law in his campaign to unseat the countrys president. A 22-page report from the European commission highlighting Romanias failures to observe EU legal standards, obtained by the Guardian before being released on Wednesday, says the Ponta government has ignored the constitution, threatened judges, illegally removed officials from key posts, and tampered with the democratic system of checks and balances in order to try to secure the impeachment of President Traian Basescu. theguardian/world/2012/jul/17/romania-eu-report-constitution-abuse
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 09:05:57 +0000
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