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• The cohabitation pact, criticized item by item by Traian Băsescu

The insolvency code, the privatization of CFR Marfă, the subordination of Justice to the political interest groups, the cohabitation act with prime minister Victor Ponta, the manner in which the Government has acted in the area of foreign policy, the violation of the rule of the law are just some of the items which Romanian president, Traian Băsescu denounced yesterday, accusing the Ponta government of repeatedly violating them.

According to the statements of the president, the institutional collaboration agreement has been consistently violated by Victor Ponta, and "unlike Adrian Năstase, who used to bribe the media, the prime-minister is just as resolute about placing it under control, except he does so in a far more cynical and brutal manner".

Another item which Traian Băsescu discussed yesterday, is the privatization of CFR Marfă, which, according to his statements, did not comply with the legal requirements set for the call for tenders, and will eventually be the object of an investigation from the National Anti-Corruption Department (DNA). "Boys, if they start investigating you (the DNA - ed. note), they will do so for what you've done in the privatization of CFR Marfă", said Traian Băsescu.

He continued: "It is a privatization in which the terms for the call for tenders were changed after one specific company was left in the race, in which the deadlines were not honored or were greatly extended, and there is a winner of the call for tenders for which heavy efforts are being made to stretch the delays".

Also, referring to the case of prosecutor Lucian Papici, who worked on the "Fraud in the Referendum", the President of the country said that in that case, a violation of the law and of the cohabitation agreement has occurred, and said that "what the Prime Minister Victor Ponta has ordered, the minister of Justice passed on and the General Prosecutor carried out". He also wanted to mention that according to the Constitution, the head of state has to ensure the good functioning of the institutions, and its dialogue with the general prosecutor is part of that goal. "Sometimes I call him, other times he calls me, on matters which concern his job duties", the president said.

As to what concerns keeping deputy prime-minister Liviu Dragnea in the Government, in spite of the criminal investigation in which he is involved concerning the fraud in the referendum of 2012, Traian Băsescu said that it was a "mistake" that will have repercussions, and will negatively influence the MCV report. He also said that " the USL probably isn't feeling any responsibility for a good MCV report".

"It is obvious that what is more important for them is to defend their people, rather than allow the country to get a favorable report, it is clear that the political factor is a hurdle in the evolution of Romania and on its path to Schengen and to the respectability which our justice deserves, but, due to what is happening in the Senate, and in the Government, we will actually get negative evaluations for everything that we are doing here and it's a shame", president Traian Băsescu added.

Another item on the agenda of the president was the activity of the Romanian Television, which even though it is in financial difficulties, is engaging in expensive investment programs: "TVR is in an extremely difficult financial situation, I understand that it has engaged in programs and investments in extremely expensive machines, and I am afraid that it could very soon become insolvent".