Scandal between Gabriela Firea and CTP. What journalist’s statement bothered the PSD candidate at the Capital City Hall

Gabriela Firea, PSD candidate for Bucharest City Hall and journalist Cristian Tudor Popescu shared their “kindnesses” on Facebook.

The first to start the exchange of “courtesies” was the journalist Cristian Tudor Popescu, who, paying attention to the clothing worn by Gabriela Firea on the occasion of the launch of her candidacy, felt the need to charge her in a short comment. The journalist referred to the message on the T-shirt of the PSD candidate.

“Behind every great woman are other great women.” With this apophthegm, but in English, with “western” Vassian, printed on the festive t-shirt, G. Firea appeared in a new presentation – he no longer throws poisonous phlegm, like 4 years ago, instead only “positive” words walk through his mouth . But if you looked carefully, you could see that behind the great woman, to her left and right, there were a lot of PSD males. No woman’s lips, no grandeur, no fore-cup. Or, who knows, would all be great transsexual pesedists, headed by the Ciolacu woman?”,
writes the journalist in his post.

The response did not take long to appear from the PSD candidate, who claims that she thought about telling CTP the reason why she wore the T-shirt with the inscription she referred to.

Gabriela Firea

“To bring women forward. Not just figuratively, but literally.

Because you are and are not right, when you say that “if you looked closely, you saw a lot of PSD males. Neither a woman’s lips, nor a great one, nor a forebear.”

You are not right because many female colleagues were present, it is straight, to the side, in the back rows and you can see it in the pictures.

But, implicitly, your comment is more correct and even more important than what you wrote explicitly and captures an older problem of Romanian politics: that the front row, of decision and responsibility – not just the foreground of a perennial appearance in public – to not be occupied by women on an equal footing with men, but be dominated by men.

cu all his problems – which we are trying to solve -, PSD’s advance in the right direction is no more hindered or slower than the general course of Romanian politics now. I would even say that the PSD is half a step ahead, as evidenced by the fact that 40% of the candidates for eligible positions at the General Council are women.

Beyond a party election launch, beyond my comments here – which, being in the campaign, may attract more criticism than support – fundamentally, your remarks help a good idea and are necessary for our society.

And with all that you have said about me as a politician and about me as a woman, and what I am sure you will continue to say – thank you in advance for your constructive criticism – one thing remains undeniably good, of substance , and which deserves to be a common cause for people who may have antipathies or may be on opposing barricades: the fact that, through every such thought, written word, opinion and publicly manifested attitude – mine, more political and maybe that’s why tighter; yours as a writer, columnist, civic personality and precisely because of its complex impact -, we can push Romanian society from behind,
otherwise very traditionalist and still continues to promote women (and not only in politics, but also in positions of responsibility in the private environment and in society as a whole) more towards the normality of gender equality.

And, beyond the words written here, I discharge the task as a politician to support and support, in the party I belong to, some proposals for laws regarding the idea of ​​equality between men and women”answered Gabriela Firea at length.