Ponta a intervenit public, pe 5 iulie, intr-o cercetare penala in curs in care exista suspiciuni de coruptie si frauda la examenul de bacalaureat de la liceul Bolintineanu (al carui director a fost, de altfel, arestat preventiv). La cateva ore dupa declaratia lui Ponta, procurorul de caz a renuntat la audieri, desi, conform relatarilor presei, existau citatii si chiar mandate de aducere pentru toate persoanele care urmau sa fie audiate,  iar politia si Parchetul general au inceput sa se balbaie in declaratii publice.

Audierile vor fi reluate astazi. Institutiile responsabile cu aplicarea legii nu trebuie sa fie si sa se simta ostatice ale politicienilor. Cand cercetezi fraude la bacalaureat, este firesc sa-i audiezi, ca prim pas, pe participantii la examene, elevi sau profesori. Desigur, nu trebuie sa uitam ca Ponta, la randul lui, e acuzat de plagiat si probabil simpatizeaza cu cei care iau note prin frauda.

Ponta nu are niciun drept sa intrebe procurorii si, cu atat mai putin, sa dea indicatii acestora pe cine si cand sa audieze si care sa fie strategia de ancheta. Orice eventuale abuzuri sau erori se sanctioneaza de catre Consiliul Superior al Magistraturii sau pe alte cai legale in urma unor eventuale plangeri ale celor implicati. Iar daca politistii au gresit, trebuia demis Radu Stroe, nu sanctionat purtatorul de cuvant al Politiei Capitalei.

Pe scurt, Ponta a intervenit brutal in justitie doua zile la rand, ministrul de Interne Stroe a sanctionat o persoana fara putere de decizie, iar procurorul general Nitu nu a clarificat incidentul. Acestea sunt o incercare de decredibilizare a unei interventii legitime a institutiilor statului impotriva unui fenomen care dinamiteaza intregul proces de invatamant preuniversitar: spaga la bacalaureat, trucarea unui concurs decisiv in viata a aproape 200 de mii de tineri in fiecare an. Elevii, profesorii si parintii corecti au de pierdut cand coruptia si frauda in invatamant nu sunt sever si prompt sanctionate; tara are de pierdut daca meritul nu e singurul criteriu de promovare in scoala.

P.S. “Stilul Macovei-Morar”, invocat obsesiv de Ponta (ma bucur ca are aceasta obsesie), a restabilit reguli ingropate de mentorul lui Ponta, condamnatul Nastase: lege egala pentru toti, justitie independenta si politicieni arestati si condamnati cand incalca legea penala.

(Bucuresti, 8.07.2013) – Declaratie politica

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The power got Ponta out of his senses. He brutally interferes with the judiciary

On July 5, Ponta interfered publicly with an ongoing criminal investigation regarding suspicions of corruption and fraud during the Baccalaureate exams at the Bolintineanu high school (whose director had been put under preventive arrest by a court). Several hours after Ponta’s public statements, the case prosecutor gave up the hearings, although, according to media statements, citations and warrants for defaulting witnesses for all the persons who were supposed to be heard had been issues, while the Police and the Prosecutor’s office started to stammer in public declarations.

The hearings will be resumed today. The institutions responsible with enforcing the law must not be and not feel hostages of the politicians. When one investigates frauds at the baccalaureate exams, it is natural, as a first step, to invite to hearings the participants in the exams, students or teachers. Of course, we must not forget that Ponta, in his turn, is accused of plagiarism and, probably, he sympathizes with those who get good grades by fraud.

Ponta has no right to question the prosecutors and, even less, to indicate them whom and when to call for hearings and what kind of investigation strategy to adopt. Any possible errors or abuses are to be sanctioned by the Superior Council of Magistracy or using any other legal means following the complaints of the interested persons. And if the policemen did wrong, then Radu Stroe, the minister of Interior, should have been replaced from office; instead, they sanctioned the spokesman of the Bucharest Police.

Briefly, Ponta brutally interfered with the judiciary 2 days in a row, the minister of Interior sanctioned a person without any decision power, while the General Prosecutor was not able clarify the incident. All these are an attempt to discredit a legitimate intervention of the state institutions against a phenomenon that undermines the whole pre-university education system: bribery at the baccalaureate, the counterfeiting of a competition decisive for the life of almost 200000 of young people every year. The law-abiding students, professor and parents, all lose when corruption and fraud in the educational system are not severely and promptly sanctioned; the country loses if merit is not the only promotion criterion in school.

P.S. The Macovei-Morar style, obsessively invoked by Ponta (I am glad that he has this obsession), restored the rule of law in Romania, which has been buried by Ponta’s mentor, the convict Adrian Nastase: law equal for everyone, an independent judiciary and politicians arrested and condemned when breaking the law. We risk, after 8 years of judicial independence, the restoration of judicial decisions dictated by political will.