Florina Presadă

Florina-Raluca Presadă (born May 26, 1978) is a Romanian activist and politician who has been a Senator for Bucharest since 2016.

Biography

Born in Bucharest, Presadă studied political science at the University of Bucharest, followed by a master's degree at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.[1] Between 2007 and 2016, she was a project coordinator at CeRe (Centrul de Resurse pentru Participare Publică, Resource Center for Public Participation), an NGO that encouraged public participation.[1]

She was involved in public debates (for instance, she supports the municipalization of water in Bucharest[2]), as well as protests such as the 2012 Romanian protests, and the 2013 Romanian protests against the Roșia Montană Project.

In the 2016 Romanian legislative election, she was the candidate for Bucharest of the Save Romania Union, a big tent party.[3]

Political positions

Transparence and public communication

Presadă accuses the lack of transparence and she says she wants to change the way the Parliament communicates with the people,[4] to remove the feeling of powerlessness felt when the public tries to interact with the decision process, as well as the disdain from the decision makers.[5]

As part of the transparence of the Parliament, she supports publishing the nominal votes on the Parliament's website, as well as public meetings for the Parliamentary commissions and an annual activity report for MPs.[6]

Social issues

Presadă argues that there are many social issues which have been improperly (or not at all) addressed by the government. For instance, the government after school program for disadvantaged community (which could reduce the school dropout rate) was not properly funded and the government did not take necessary measures against domestic violence.

Presadă supports a new national housing law, to replace and harmonize the plethora of laws and regulations (both national and local) about social housing, emergency housing and other types of public housing. She uses the example of Vulturilor 50, a case in which some families were evicted by the landlords and who were not able to find any social housing in Bucharest.

References
  1. "Florina - Centrul de Resurse pentru participare publica". www.ce-re.ro. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  2. "Re-municipalizare - Bucurestii Vechi si Noi". Bucurestii Vechi si Noi (in Romanian). 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  3. "LISTA COMPLETA Numele candidatilor USR; Nicusor Dan si doi fosti ministri, pe listele din Bucuresti". HotNews. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  4. "Noii parlamentari și-au vizitat locul de muncă". Digi24. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  5. Diacu, Loredana (December 3, 2016). "Noul val de politicieni. Florina Presadă: "Vreau o legătură permanentă şi onestă cu oamenii!"". Epoch Times Romania.
  6. "INTERVIU CU FLORINA PRESADĂ: "Candidez pentru că s-a ivit această oportunitate extraordinară de a mă implica politic în USR"". jurnalistii.ro.
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