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Viewing cable 06BUCHAREST359, TRANSYLVANIA REGIONAL GOVERNMENT, FOURTH QUARTER

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06BUCHAREST359 2006-03-01 15:40 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Bucharest
VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBM #0359/01 0601540
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 011540Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY BUCHAREST
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3823
INFO RUEHSF/AMEMBASSY SOFIA 4705
RUEHUP/AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 1023
RUEHCH/AMEMBASSY CHISINAU 1102
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
UNCLAS BUCHAREST 000359 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE DEPT FOR EUR/NCE - WILLIAM SILKWORTH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV SOCI RO
 
SUBJECT: TRANSYLVANIA REGIONAL GOVERNMENT, FOURTH QUARTER 
2005 
 
 
1. (U) Summary: This cable summarizes recent newsworthy 
regional and local controversies in the last quarter of 
2005.  Common themes during this period included local 
government corruption and stormy relations between members 
of the governing alliance at the local level, sometimes 
counterbalanced by instances of good cooperation and 
progressive management.  End summary. 
 
SKIRMISH IN BIHOR COUNTY 
------------------------ 
2.  (SBU) Bihor County Prefect Ilie Bolojan, a National 
Liberal Party (PNL) activist, has twice blocked contracts 
undertaken by the city of Oradea - to the chagrin of 
Oradea's Democratic Party (PD) Mayor Petru Filip.  If this 
happens a third time, the current Oradea city government 
will be automatically dissolved, provoking new city 
elections.  Bolojan has opposed the actions of Filip and the 
city council in two key development areas: the renovation of 
the city transportation system (specifically the purchase of 
second-hand trams from Berlin) and the development of an 
ecologic city waste disposal and treatment center, on the 
grounds that the vendors selected were too expensive. 
Bolojan's actions, which many analysts characterize as anti- 
modernization and contrary to the public interest, inspired 
one newspaper to  nickname him the "the Funar of Bihor" (a 
reference to Cluj's former extreme nationalist Mayor 
Gheorghe Funar).  Tensions in Bihor have become so high that 
Vasile Blaga, Minister for Administration and the Interior, 
stepped in at the end of November to rebuke the prefect for 
overstepping his authority, and, possibly, to urge the mayor 
to reconsider his policies.  (Note: Bolojan was a surprise 
dark horse selection for Prefect, with one news story 
alleging that he owed his appointment to the support of Ioan 
and Viorel Micula, the owners of powerful Bihor-based 
bottler European Drinks.) 
 
3.  (SBU) Bihor's city vs. county conflicts are not limited 
to Bolojan and Filip but include a struggle between Bihor 
County Council and local municipalities for military land 
and buildings available for local use as a result of Defense 
Ministry (MOD) restructuring.  County Council President Kiss 
Alexandru is determined to use the land for low-cost 
housing, having promised to construct 4,000 houses (for 
which 8,500 residents of Oradea applied).  Kiss had promised 
to construct 24-story skyscrapers, -- which would be the 
tallest buildings in Romania -- on former MOD land near the 
airport.  This project came to naught following the 
"discovery" that the buildings would have obstructed flight 
paths near the airport! 
 
SIBIU'S MAYOR SCUFFLES WITH PSD - AND WINS 
------------------------------------------ 
4.  (U) Widely popular ethnic German Sibiu Mayor Claus 
Johannes recently successfully insisted on the resignation 
of a Social Democratic Party (PSD) vice mayor, who, despite 
PSD protest, stepped down and was replaced by a PD mayor. 
Johannes was reportedly furious that PSD President Mircea 
Geoana did not call on City Hall during a visit last year to 
Sibiu.  Johannes ranks among Romania's most popular mayors: 
he won a second term in 2004 with 88.7 percent of the vote, 
despite the fact that Germans account for only 1.6 percent 
of Sibiu's population.  Indeed, national daily "Evenimentul 
Zilei" dubbed him Romania's best mayor in September 2005. 
His recent accomplishments include winning Sibiu the title 
of "Cultural Capital of Europe" for 2007 (a major old town 
facelift is underway) and in attracting major European 
investments, such as 138 million Euro bio-diesel project. 
 
CLUJ MAYOR'S GODSON BECOMES CLUJ PREFECT 
---------------------------------------- 
5. (SBU)  The surprise selection of Cluj Prefect Mihail 
Hardau as Minister of Education in early November 2005 
opened the position of Prefect of Cluj County.  Local 
speculation focused on two rising PD members: MP Daniel 
Buda, PD President and Cluj Mayor Emil Boc's selection for 
president of the local PD party organization in October; and 
Alin Tise, member of the local city council and Boc's godson 
-- the mayor served as Tise's "godfather" at his wedding in 
2004.  The "winner," Alin Tise, made his mark in the city 
council as head of the commission to sell city-owned 
commercial property, where he managed to garner market rates 
for property, reversing the trend under Funar.  A lawyer by 
profession, Tise is 31 and listed over one million dollars 
in property, stocks and other assets on his financial 
 
declaration. 
 
6.  (SBU) Tise has hit the ground running.  In his first 
weeks in office he promised faster passport services, reform 
of the office that issues driver's licenses, asked for 
reports from all departments, and then criticized the 
quality of their response.  Despite this blitz of activity, 
Tise told the OIC at the city National Day reception he did 
not enjoy the job, and might quit. 
 
THE SICK STATE OF ZALAU'S HOSPITAL 
---------------------------------- 
7.  (SBU)  The revelation last November of sweetheart 
contracts with suppliers who charged the government-run 
hospital in Zalau far above market rates for food and basic 
supplies, such as soap and toilet paper, resulted in the 
resignation of the hospital's chief accountant and 
administrative director.  Within a few days Gheorghe 
Stanciu, a PD member of the county council, was removed from 
the council by order of the Prefect for fulfilling functions 
incompatible with council membership.  Apparently, he was 
not only sitting on the administrative board of the county 
hospital, but held hospital service contracts in his 
capacity as administrator of a local refrigeration company. 
Meanwhile a nurse employed by the hospital informed the OIC 
that medical personnel have not been paid for the past 
month.  Local residents point to the scandal at Zalau 
hospital as emblematic of Romania's wider health care 
crisis. 
 
MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY FOR NORTHERN COUNTIES 
------------------------------------------- 
8.  (U) Faced with the fact that no internal highway 
development plan touches their northern counties, the 
authorities in Maramures and Satu Mare Counties have come up 
with a novel plan: an expressway through Satu Mare to Baia 
Mare that will connect with the M3 highway in Hungary. 
Thanks to good cooperation with neighboring counties in 
Hungary, the local authorities managed to get the proposal 
on the agenda of the joint Hungarian-Romanian meeting in 
Bucharest this fall, and have the support of both prime 
ministers.  Funding will come from the European Regional 
Development Fund, to which Romania will have access after 
joining the European Union.  Construction is currently 
planned between 2007 and 2010.  The total length of the 
expressway is estimated at 135 kilometers, 60 in Hungary, 40 
in Satu Mare and 35 in Maramures.  The estimated cost of the 
project is 580 million euros.  The director general of the 
Agency for North-West Development sees the first benefits of 
the new route coming in the form of increased tourism, but 
it will also benefit commercial traffic in the area. 
 
Taubman