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Mr. Rafila had put Mr. Víctor Ponta’s number on the agenda 8 years ago, when the former PSD prime minister had installed him as secretary of state in the Ministry of Health. After a brief exchange of banalities, Mr. Ponta proposes to Mr. Rafila to run for City Council on behalf of ProRomania. Mr. Rafila, taken by surprise, asks for time to think. “A proposal that must be digested”, said Mr. Rafila. And he was right, especially because Mr. Ponta’s plan was not to make Alexandru Rafila mayor, but to break the votes of Mrs. Gabriela Firea. Basically, Rafila’s candidacy would have had for Gabriela Firea an effect similar to contagion with the new coronavrius: the impossibility of breathing politically. Mr. Rafila, wearing a white robe instead of a cassock, should have sung Ms. Firea’s prohod in local elections.
Mr. Rafila is going on vacation. Sea, sand, sun and a phone call from a person who lives in Voluntari. Upon his return to the country and at the same time on television, Mr. Rafila politely rejects Mr. Ponta’s offer. Why? “Because we are in a difficult period and I consider that my experience is more useful in the area of public health than in the local administration,” said Mr. Rafila. And people believed him. At the end of July, Romania registered around 1,000 COVID cases per day. Remember this figure a bit.
Time goes by. The days are divided into exactly two: before and after 1:00 p.m., when the nation’s medical bulletin is announced. Mr. Rafila stands out for a crisis of laughter caused by the words of the Minister of Health, his colleague barricade. Under the cover of the expert label, Mr. Rafila begins to mock the statements of the NLP leaders on the topic of the pandemic. The title “Romanian Representative to the World Health Organization (WHO)” still appears on the shelves.
At the beginning of October, a lady residing in Voluntari announced to her party colleagues that the list for the Chamber of Deputies will be opened by Professor Alexandru Rafila. Reaction: OMG! My God, not who. It is not necessary for Rafila to scour the televisions. The news about him takes his place. The next day, Romania increases by 3,000 cases of infections and then by 4,000. In 1,000 cases, Rafila said that his experience was most useful in the public health area. In 4,000 cases, of course, his experience is most useful in Parliament, where the party he will represent has a good chance of reaching the Opposition. So, Rafila’s experience will mean, at best, a signature on a bill criticized by a yellow majority.
For refusing to confuse Gabriela Firea in the race for the Capital Mayor’s Office, Alexandru Rafila received his reward: an eligible place in the parliamentary elections. It is a classic interest-based relationship, designed to produce effects in the future. For example, by approaching Alexandru Rafila, PSD acquires exactly what it desperately seeks after the Dragnea era: credibility. Credibility means additional votes, so more mandates for PSD in Bucharest, exactly for Gabriela Firea’s trusted people.
