Romania’s Parliament completed the appointment of new leaders for public television and public radio on Tuesday. That makes the central issue more concrete than the political accusations surrounding the vote: the public should be able to see who proposed the candidates, how the decisions were made and how lawmakers voted.
The joint parliamentary sitting elected Sorina Matei, backed by AUR, as president and director general of the Romanian Television Society, and Răzvan Dincă, proposed by PSD to the board, to lead Radio Romania, Digi24 reported. HotNews reported that Matei received 239 votes in favour and 78 against, while Dincă received 252 in favour and 65 against. Parliament had earlier approved the two institutions’ new boards.
These are completed institutional appointments, not merely political plans. They matter because TVR and Radio Romania have public-service roles, and their editorial independence depends not only on the individuals chosen but also on whether the route to their appointment can be publicly examined.
Senate President Mircea Abrudean argued that PSD and AUR had worked together over appointments to public institutions, referring as well to the interim leadership vote at the Court of Accounts and the rejection of a PNL nominee for a seat on the parliamentary committee overseeing SRI. PNL MP Raluca Turcan went further, calling for publication of what she described as a secret parliamentary cooperation protocol between PSD and AUR.
Those claims are politically significant, but they are not substitutes for records. The supplied reporting contains neither such a protocol nor full responses from PSD or AUR. AUR Senate group leader Petrișor Peiu, quoted by HotNews, said there had been “an agreement between parties” over the board appointments. That warrants scrutiny of the process; it does not establish the detailed terms of a secret pact.
The proper test after the vote is straightforward. Parliament, the parties and the new leaders should make the nominations, deliberations and voting trail accessible. Transparency does not undo the appointments. It is the minimum condition for public-media leadership decisions not to appear as an opaque allocation of political influence.
Sources
- Digi24 · Source date: 2026-11-10
- HotNews · Source date: 2026-11-10
- HotNews · Source date: 2026-11-10
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