The President stated yesterday during a visit at Rosia Montana that the Rosia Montana mining project has been buried since 1997 because of the politicians’ cowardice. “The cowardice of politicians that wanted no headaches is one of the serious reasons why this project has laid buried since 1997. Had the project started in 1997 the hike in the price of gold would have found us in the midst of carrying it out. The politician has to take the right decision eventually,” the President stated, being quoted by Mediafax.

Asked by a journalist whether he wants to say Premier Emil Boc is a coward, Basescu answered: “I’m calling you cowards too, all those of you who know what is going on here but lack the courage to honestly say it. You are all hiding the reality in Rosia Montana – the serious pollution and environmental damage caused by the state-owned mine. I’m not talking about the Premier because he wasn’t the Environment Minister, he wasn’t the Culture Minister.

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