Constitution Day, in Romania
Romania has marked the Constitution Day On Sunday, December 8th, and political leaders have issued messages on this occasion. Prime Minister Ludovic Orban has said that what was experienced in the last few years has shown that the values of the Constitution need to be permanently guarded so as deviations of any kind from democracy and from the principles of the state law should no longer be possible. He also believes it would be useful to consider a possible review of the constitutional and legislative system, at an appropriate political time, so that democracy is strengthened.
President Klaus Iohannis has stated in his message that any review will have to be carried out with maximum responsibility, in order to have a modernized fundamental law, which will allow the development of a powerful and efficient state. In his turn, the president of the Senate, Theodor Melescanu, has said that it is natural to adapt to the demands of the times and society, referring to the need to revise the Constitution.
Files from the archive of the former Securitate could stretch for more than 27 kilometers
The archive of the former Securitate now covers an area of over 3,200 square meters and represents 27 kilometers of files, said the director of the Archive Warehouse in Popeşti-Leordeni, Ionel Ivaşcu, on the 20th anniversary since the first Law to de-conspire the former Securitate was adopted. He said that the warehouse at Popesti Leordeni includes the files taken from the SRI, the Ministry of Justice, the Public Ministry and the Ministry of Defense. According to Ionel Ivaşcu, those who accepted to become informants were sometimes very young.
Ionel Ivaşcu: We have files from informers as young as the ninth grade, because at such a young age you they couldn’t always realize what was asked from them, in terms of the information provided. Yes, there were surprises when the children, without knowing, gave information about the parents’ activity. For example, that they were listening to foreign radio station.
Mr. Ivascu added that the lack of financial and human resources has hampered the transfer of the documentary fund at Popesti Leordeni to a digital form.
Algerian immigrants spotted at Romania’s border with Serbia
Three young Algerians, which were seeking asylum in Romania, were detected by border guards in Timis while trying to illegally cross the border into Serbia. The young immigrants, aged between 21 and 29, were hiding in a freight train. They were discovered in the Stamora-Moravita border sector. Border police have drafted prosecuting forms for an attempt to illegally cross the state border. The immigrants were handed over to the law enforcement authorities in Timisoara, according to a press release.
Mădălina Brotăcel, RADOR
