Yo, grab a beer and sit down, 'cause I've got news that'll make you realize that in this country, laws are like polenta - everyone cuts 'em how they want! Silviu Predoiu, the man who ain't afraid to call a spade a spade, came to Gândul and cracked the nut: the lobby contract the Presidency signed with an American firm is a legal and moral contradiction. And it ain't just anything, bro - it's about influence peddling. Exactly what the Penal Code punishes here, but the state pays cold hard cash to do just that in the US. 'We live in a country where influence peddling is a crime, and yet the Presidency makes a lobby contract, signs a lobby contract with a US firm for an activity that in Romania is a crime. And nobody says a thing,' thundered Predoiu. And he's right, cuz! Now, I sit and think: if I did influence peddling, Mioara would slap me silly, and the neighbor from 3 would say 'watch out, man, I'll report you!' But if the state does it, it's 'reputation management' or 'public diplomacy.' What a moral, huh? Predoiu was right: it's a contradiction that screams to heaven.
But Predoiu didn't stop there. He also attacked the interim government, which 'only manages current activities' - meaning turn off the light, turn on the light, take measures for floods. But they, instead of doing that, talk to us about the new salary law, as if they were full-power prime ministers. 'We live in this world where nobody says what the deadline is for appointing a new prime minister. But it's clear that in such a context you need a prime minister with full powers, not an interim government that, according to the Constitution, only manages current activities. Turn off the light, turn on the light, take measures if there's a flood. But they don't do that. They talk to us about the salary law. And nobody pulls them by the sleeve,' added Predoiu. And again, right! I watch the news and see them arguing over positions, laws, salaries, as if next Tuesday a new government comes and tells them to get lost. Well, man, the interim is like driving a taxi with square wheels - you go, but you don't know where.
Predoiu's conclusion: things won't go well in Romania as long as the law isn't respected, and institutions allow themselves to interpret it any which way. He called for strict adherence to the legal framework and for decision-makers to take responsibility. And what can I say, bro? For real, this is the country where one guy steals a chicken and goes to jail, and another makes lobby contracts worth hundreds of thousands of euros and is a 'diplomat.' Until then, I'm gonna call Fane at the terrace and tell him: 'Hey Fane, have you ever lobbied for your shawarma? 'Cause if I did, they'd throw me in the cooler.' That's how it is, cuz, in Romania - laws are for fools, not for smart guys. What do you think?
