Why did Romania delay to defend itself in front of the drones for three years. The alarm signal pulled by a Romanian general
General (r) Virgil Bălăceanu warns, in an analysis for “Adevărul”, regarding the delays with which laws are adopted for the defense of the country. The best example is the law that allows the drones to be down in the Romanian airspace, promulgated by interim president Ilie Bolojan after years of postponements.
Wandering drones can cause real disasters. Photo: Video / Reuters capture
Romania is going through a complicated and cloudy period, in an international context not at all favorable and enormous internal tips. Against this background, the interim president Ilie Bolojan promulgated the law that allows the drones to be shot down in the Romanian airspace, but also on the one regarding the peace time of military missions and operations on the territory of the Romanian state.
Two essential laws but too much delayed
Both laws are essential, considers General (r) Virgil Bălăceanu, who represented Romania at the NATO command in Brussels and was head of the Southeast Multinational Brigade. The problem is, says General Bălăceanu, that these laws need too much time to be adopted, in a time when time is not at all Romania.
“There is a logic of the action which means that the action must be carried out according to a normative act. Or the normative acts existing until the law of combating drones, is a law that includes several elements, not only the fight against drones. The chapter related to the fight against drones are not interested, it could not be applied without an appropriate legislative framework“Says the general.
General (r) Virgil Bălăceanu. Photo: Mapn
Although there have been many signals that Romania needs these laws, the Legislature, the Parliament of Romania, acted heavily and delayed their elaboration and bringing on the table of the president, who, according to the consciousness, promulgates these laws.
“Not only did we wake up late, but unfortunately we acted very late. When the head of defense says that he has no legislative framework to allow him to remove this mission, we must believe it. The head of the defense, that is the chief of the defense, General Gheorghiță Vlad, said these things, says General Bălăceanu.
Why are we not able to do our homework on time
He also explained the reasons why he is acting with such a big delay. Basically, Romania shows that it is not able to do its homework even when it comes to the country's security and defense.
“This happens because there is a slowness from all points of view. I said slowly, fear of making decisions that are sensitive from political capital, electoral capital. Two, politician manner of parties to act in the name of the party. Favorable.adds General Virgil Bălăceanu.
Romania is waiting for other laws, as important to develop the country's defense. Such a law is still, says General Vigil Bălăceanu, the law of preparation of the population for defense, which should solve the multitude of problems.
The soap opera of the law of the downs of drones
The interim president of Romania, Ilie Bolojan, has signed since Monday, May 19, the decree for promulgating the law on the control of the use of the national air space. The law has been required with insistence since the war in Ukraine began, and the problem has become even more obvious after numerous fragments of drones and even drones have fallen on the territory of Romania. Although not victims have been reached, many military and important general analysts criticized the fact that the decision makers delayed the law that allows the Romanian army to break down the drones that enter the airspace of Romania.
The law was hardly conceived and has hardly passed the Parliament, but it was also delayed by the notifications of opposition parties, gold, can also, which claimed a number of irregularities. The conscientious court of Romania has rejected these notifications since March, but it took another two months so that the interim president could promulgate the law.
