THE NSF AND ITS TRANSFORMATION INTO A POLITICAL PARTY

THE NATIONAL SALVATION FRONT WAS A POLITICAL PARTY THAT EMERGED AS A RESULT OF THE INTENTION EXPRESSED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SALVATION FRONT COUNCIL THAT THE PROVISIONAL BODY OF STATE POWER CREATED ON THE EVENING OF 22 DECEMBER 1989 SHOULD BECOME A POLITICAL PARTY. THE NEW PARTY WAS REGISTERED AT THE BUCHAREST MUNICIPAL COURT ON 6 FEBRUARY 1990. AS A RESULT OF THIS PROCESS AND THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE OPPOSITION PARTIES, A NEW BODY WAS FORMED TO PROVISIONALLY ENSURE THE STATE GOVERNMENT UNTIL THE FIRST FREE ELECTIONS, THE PROVISIONAL COUNCIL OF NATIONAL UNION. GRADUALLY, TWO CAMPS WERE FORMED WITHIN THE PARTY WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON THE TYPE OF REFORMS TO BE CARRIED OUT, ONE SUPPORTING PRESIDENT ION ILIESCU AND THE OTHER PRIME MINISTER PETRE ROMAN. THE INTERNAL CRISIS WAS RESOLVED FOLLOWING THE SPLIT OF THE ILIESCU GROUP ON 29 MARCH 1992. FOLLOWING THIS SPLIT, THE NSF WAS LEFT WITHOUT ELECTORAL SUPPORT, GOING INTO OPPOSITION AFTER THE AUTUMN 1992 ELECTIONS. AFTER THE MERGER BETWEEN THE NSF AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON 31 MARCH 1993, A NEW LEGAL ENTITY, DP-NSF, WAS CREATED, FORMALISED BY DECISION NO. 13 OF THE BUCHAREST MUNICIPAL COURT ON 23 MAY 1993