Cristian Popescu Piedone. Photo: Inquam Photos / Tudor Pană
The appointment of Cristian Popescu Piedone as the head of the ANPC and the charismatic circus on which he launched are part of a broader movement, according to several political sources consulted by Hotnews.
Piedone's stake is not to enter the kitchen of hospitals, but to reach the mobile phone screen, where, on average, there are 85% of the Internet consumers in Romania. According to public data, only 15% of people read or watch sites on laptop, tablet and desktop. Most do it on mobile. And the little screen encourages urgency, immediate, instant reward.
At the time when Piedone entered politics, the tactic “steals, but also does”, which was stuck to him, he only provided him with a limited ascent. These were the times when democracy meant patience. Today, sudden actions matter. To be perceived as “the one who does” has become essential. The rapid effects are the seductive ones. If you invest in changing the district heating network, as Nicușor Dan does, you need to deliver to people and a quick change.
“I had too much care for the inheritance and too little care for immediately”
The Romanian politicians, in the presidential campaign or not, have an example from across the ocean. Not all Romanian politicians are incompetent or corrupt, it is not just an injustice, but it is also inaccurate to imagine them.
Many of the people in the public service do their work honestly, but they have been stuck in a world that no longer manages to reach people. The US example has recently been provided in an analysis of Ezra Klein.
The delay is waste
He discussed, for The New York Times, with dozens of officials from the former Biden administration, who tell how much they were wrong because they did not take into account to move faster. “I took too much care for the inheritance and too little care for immediately, in our political approach,” said one of these officials.
They lost time to “overcome the officials of the officials and to do things faster.” They lost time without realizing that “we do not see the delay as a form of governmental waste – which is.” Yes, it is. The delay is often a waste.
“In order to survive, the liberal democracy should not only provide results; they must provide results quickly enough for voters to know who to thank – or who to blame – for what they receive,” confess the interviewed.
People's interest does not take place in decades
When you think all the time in decades and leave the years and months not covered by something concrete delivered to people, then Piedone appears, restored as an image, fully connected to the system and promoted with an anti -system image.
It is impossible to say now whether the plan that “the head of the unexpected inspections and the Lord of the Lord”, Cristian Popescu Piedone, is propelled, to be propelled to the Bucharest City Hall. First that no one can foresee if, following the vote of May 4, Nicușor Dan will enter the presidential final. And, further, if the current mayor can go to Cotroceni, to leave the free place for elections this year, in Bucharest.
But Piedone is not in a hurry. He's on his cellphone. Unlikely that in the coming years the tendency to reward the immediate.
