(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many people in Romania are supporting the Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L), according to a poll by INSOMAR released by Realitatea TV. 38 per cent of respondents would vote for the PD-L in this year’s legislative election.
The Social Democratic Party (PSD) is second with 26 per cent, followed by the National Liberal Party (PNL) with 16 per cent, the Hungarian Democratic Alliance of Romania (UDMR) with four per cent, and the New Generation Party (PNG) and the Party of Great Romania (PRM) both with three per cent. Support is lower for the Conservative Party (PC), the National Peasant Christian-Democratic Party (PNT-CD), the National Initiative Party (PIN), and the Hungarian Civic Party (PCM).
The Alliance for Justice and Truth (DA)—comprising the Democratic Party (PD) and the PNL—won the November 2004 parliamentary election, securing 132 seats in the 332-member Chamber of Deputies. DA candidate Trian Basescu won the presidential run-off in December 2004 with 51.23 per cent of the vote, defeating PSD contender Adrian Nastase. Basescu later appointed fellow alliance member Calin Popescu Tariceanu as prime minister.
In December 2006, several members of the PNL—including former prime minister Theodor Stolojan—assembled as the Liberal-Democrats (PLD) to protest the leadership of Tariceanu. In 2007, the governing alliance underwent major changes as Tariceanu dismissed the PD ministers and the coalition dissolved. Tariceanu assembled a minority administration comprising the PNL and the UDMR.
In January 2008, the PLD and the Democratic Party (PD) merged to form the PD-L. The organization joined the European People’s Party (EPP) and is led by Emil Boc, the elected mayor of Cluj-Napoca, the largest city in Transylvania.
On Aug. 13, Romanian lawmakers rejected a request by prosecutors to investigate allegations of corruption against former prime minister Adrian Nastase. The country’s prosecutors want to open several investigations for corruption against Nastase—who headed the government from December 2000 to December 2004—but their request for a probe needs to be approved by a majority in the legislature.
Ilie Sarbu, vice-president of Nastase’s opposition PSD, commented on the vote, saying, "This is the Parliament’s will, deputies labelled this case as a political one and they did not want to play the game of those who orchestrated it."
The next legislative election is tentatively scheduled for November 2008.
Polling Data
What party would you support in Romania’s next parliamentary election?
Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L)
38%
Social Democratic Party (PSD)
26%
National Liberal Party (PNL)
16%
Hungarian Democratic Alliance of Romania (UDMR)
4%
New Generation Party (PNG)
3%
Party of Great Romania (PRM)
3%
Conservative Party (PC)
2%
National Peasant Christian-Democratic Party (PNT-CD)
2%
National Initiative Party (PIN)
2%
Hungarian Civic Party (PCM)
1%
Source: National Institute for Public Opinion Studies and Marketing (INSOMAR) / Realitatea TV
Methodology: Interviews with 1,506 Romanian adults, conducted from Jul. 22 to Jul. 30, 2008. Margin of error is 2.8 per cent.
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