EXERCISING THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN ROMANIAN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

The adoption by the Romanian Parliament of the new Law No.1 / 2011 - national education law, as amended and supplemented, the new legal framework created the one-man management positions, but also in respect of the establishment of the collegiate governing bodies within any higher education institution in Romania resulted in a radical changes of these two aspects, aiming for a clear sign of respect for the principle of university autonomy. These pieces of legislation incidents were appreciated by most specialists in the field, but also by many members of the academic community in Romania, even if the adoption of this law and so far, its application has been shown in many cases to be difficult, if not impossible. Regardless of the approach to specific aspects of the right to vote, the introduction of the possibility of each university to designate its management with legislative powers, but also executive, was and is a beneficial one, though, some electoral campaigns held by many candidates in breach of the stated internal dispositions, have turned education institutions into a field of personal reckoning without regard to moral and ethical values and virtues, which the quality of a member of the academic community implies.