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The regionalization process in Peoples Republic of Romania
Authors: Lucian Dindirică
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After the 1944 coup d'état, setting of the communist
government on the 6th of March 1945 and the pseudo-elections organized in 1946, the year 1947 represents the terminus of communism instauration epos in Romania. Throughout this period, the communist leaders were assisted, coordinated, controlled and manipulated from Moscow. They were dictated orders and “suggestions” from Kremlin, all executed without hesitation. The end of 1947 brought to Romania a complete change of regime both political and constitutional. More precisely, unconstitutional. The Constitution of 1923 was suppressed, the king had no longer any role, than the former king of Romania; historical parties were already history, the Parliament was now consisting of a single room and was called the House of Representatives, where the communists controlled any decision and the executive management of the state was exercised by a five-member Presidium, totally subservient to the new regime. Romania was no longer a kingdom, but a popular republic. Concerning the administrative – territorial division, the new constitution stipulates a new delimitation of local authorities’ competences and of the territories under their administration. The new constitution passed unanimously in the Grand National Assembly on September 24st 1952. This constitution brings substantial changes on administrative level as well. It was the turn of new realignment, after all the legislative and constitutional changes, organizations and reorganizations of recent years, copies of the Soviet model, put into practice without any sense.