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President Iohannis: the responsibility of the MPs is to listen to the voice of the Romanians
President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday stated during the plenary session of Parliament's Joint Chambers dovoted to the celebration of the Greater Union Centennial that there is still time for the MPs to backtrack on certain laws that do not have the people's support and do not meet the lawful European standards, concretely referring to the justice laws and the amendments to the Criminal Codes.
"It is your responsibility to ensure good lawmaking in an open and transparent debate framework (...) so that the decisions made here be tailored to the real needs of society. There is still time to go back on certain laws that have neither the support of people, nor do they meet European standards. Do not stake all the effort and sacrifices of the Romanians for which they are so respected in the European Union. Do not harm the Romanian society by going further with the laws of justice and with amendments to the criminal codes that are inconsistent with a genuine democracy. There are so many issues in need of solving and that Romanians want you to handle, starting with bringing back to performance the great public systems to the streamlining of public administration and modernisation of the infrastructure," President Klaus Iohannis stated.
Iohannis stressed that it is the responsibility of the MPs to listen to the voice of the Romanians and to regain their national interests. He drew attention that the prosperity of the Romanians depends essentially on the adopted development options and the consistency with which the undertaken commitments are being pursued. Iohannis added that some "populist, demagogic and manipulative approaches have sowed discord" and have affected the unity that ought to characterize the way we celebrate the union.
"It is high time the political and governmental majority understood this. We are celebrating the Centennial in a tumultuous period for the Romanian society, and some populist, demagogic and manipulative approaches have sowed discord and affected the unity that should have characterized the way we celebrate the fulfillment a century-old nation's dream. The spirit of the nation is alive and has manifested in the unequivocal support that citizens have shown in the face of any attempts to jeopardize the principles and values that have been at the foundation of the Greater Union a hundred years ago. To be Romanian now equals to being European, and this means much more than the historical or geographical significance of the term, it means being part of a community of values that treasures freedom, solidarity, respect for human dignity, democracy, and in which the rule of law reigns no matter what. There are things that are part of the national fiber, and no one, under any form, has the right to challenge them," Iohannis further said.
"On 1 December 1918, Iuliu Maniu was wondering at Alba Iulia what his generation could do to rise to the fulfillment of such an ideal. With the privilege of being the President of Romania during the Centennial, I take on the emotional interrogation of the Transylvanian leader, maker of the Greater Union and I ask you, the nation's elected representatives. How can we be worthy of the accomplishments of a hundred years ago? Today, the question to be answered by politicians, regardless of party or doctrine, is whether they will continue to promise much and deliver little or if they will have the courage and the responsibility to lay the foundations for Romania's development in the second Centennial. I believe that the answer to this question can point to the sources of national dignity and cohesion," the president said.
Kalus Iohannis underscored that people have great expectations for Romania's future and legitimate expectations from the ones ruling it. He also mentioned that the Centennial is not only an occasion to honour our history, but also a moment of reflection, "when we should ask ourselves with all honesty if we claimed the spot we deserve within the world's countries."
Klaus Iohannis emphasised that the Greater Union was and is "more than the defining momentum of a people that was democratically finding its natural state framework." In this sense, he mentioned that the Greater Union was domestically tendering rights and liberties expected by everybody, and was internationally supporting the primacy of the right to the universal force and brotherhood principle. Romania is facing a century since the most important achievement of the Romanians - the fathering of the national unity, and the politicians must answer whether they will go on promising a lot and delivering little, President Klaus Iohannis said in the plenary session of the Joint Chambers of Parliament devoted to the celebration of the Greater Union Centennial.