Romanian PM Says An Informant By Any Other Name Is Still An Informant

"At the moment, there is a major risk for politicians such as Mona Musca, who collaborated with the Securitate (communist-era political police – e.n.), to get such a pass. I take this moment to call on all senators to vote against the amendments that would turn politicians who collaborated with Securitate into unwilling informants," said Tariceanu at the liberal conference held in Bucharest.

He said he kept a concerned eye on the debates in the Senate’s committee for legal matters on amendments to Government Emergency Ordinance regulating the functions of the institution in charge with granting access to communist files, or CNSAS.

Tariceanu said this ordinance was pushed by the liberals "with the specific purpose of morally cleansing Romanian society."

"There are no good or bad informants, and there are no unwilling informants. This is common knowledge for millions of Romanians who lived in communist times and it is the truth that needs to be acknowledged by the Senate, including the liberal senators," Tariceanu said.

The Romanian Senate’s committee for legal matters enacted Tuesday an amendment to the law on access to communist files and completely removed the possibility for priests to be checked by CNSAS. Another amendment brought targeted the removal of the term "collaborator assimilated."