Eduard Hellvig’s speech from Cluj is an event. Crin Antonescu says it clearly and in no uncertain terms. The former PNL president took note of the vision, the profession of faith and the message which, in a symbolic place and with symbolic recipients, was addressed not by the director of the SRI or only by the director of the SRI, but by the “man audience “who is Eduard Hellvig. The former liberal leader welcomes, at the same time, the decision made by the head of the Service to speak not only about the errors, but about the sins of this institution.
In a speech to Digi24, Crin Antonescu was questioned about the meaning of the speech that Eduard Hellvig gave at the event that marked the 15 years since the beginning of security and intelligence studies at Babeș-Bolyai University.
Crin Antonescu: Eduard Hellvig’s speech from Cluj is an event
“I was really thinking, after seeing this speech, that probably in the Romanian public space, linked at least to politics, nobody said more in fewer appearances or fewer releases. I have to tell you from the beginning that, for me, the speech of Eduard Hellvig in Cluj is an event.
It may seem like an exaggerated statement, but if I remember correctly, I think I have never heard such a speech in Romania and on Romania in these decades. It is, to me, an admirable combination of lucid analysis and undisguised emotion, a rich and personal speech, in a word, memorable. I do not remember, probably never in a high dignitary of these years, such an articulated vision of the past – which can be shared or not, it is another discussion, but it is articulated – accompanied by what can be said only in a few words, it is proposed as project for the future. This output is entirely remarkable, this speech is entirely remarkable and its meanings are manifold “Crin Antonescu said.
At the same time, the former PNL leader stressed that the message was not addressed by the SRI director or just the SRI director, but by the “public man” who is Eduard Hellvig.
“But what is absolutely extraordinary for me from the beginning is the vision, the profession of faith and the message that, in a symbolic place and with symbolic recipients, was addressed, after all, not by the director of the SRI or only by the director of the SRI, but by the public man who is Eduard Hellvig “Antonescu said.
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“I don’t know. I don’t really know if Eduard Hellvig will return to proper political life after finishing his term at SRI. I can only hope, parentheses to say”added Crin Antonescu.
Recall that Eduard Hellvig said on Tuesday in the speech that went viral in the Romanian press that, many times, politicians have waited for instructions from SRI officials. The director of the SRI apologized for this institution’s mistake. In this context, Crin Antonescu said that it is remarkable for an SRI chief to speak for the first time about an important aspect that has remained silent for a long time: the relationship between services-politicians-politics.
“I use the word once again – and I don’t think it’s a cover-up: it’s remarkable, because if we are now discussing the position from which Eduard Hellvig makes these claims, I think it will be a request to agree with me that we don’t. – I also heard not only a director of the SRI, but a high dignitary in power of the Romanian state speaking not only about the errors, but about the sins of this institution, to apologize for them, even for those of the previous period being guided by his lordship, for, once again, I welcome the fact that in this speech, with some reluctance, of course, Eduard Hellvig speaks for the first time about a certain aspect, about which there has been so much silence, of this service relationship- political-political.
Yes, we all know, we all deplore, more or less sincerely, the interference of the services in politics here, as probably elsewhere, but little has been said about this completely real perspective, on which Eduard Hellvig, in yesterday’s speech, opens. a window and proposes a discussion “, Crin Antonescu wanted to clarify.
