The Civic Alliance Foundation ( ro, italic=yes, Alianţa Civică, ''AC'') was a

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(NGO) during the 1990s. The AC had subsidiaries in 36 of the 41

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, overseen by a 27-member National Council. Its motto was ''Nu putem reuşi decât împreună'' ("Only together can we succeed").

History

Founded on 6 November 1990, when a group of 216 founding members (Romanian

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s from all fields of public life) signed a project-statement, it was officially registered on November 29 of the same year. During the early 1990s, the association was involved in protests against the ruling National Salvation Front (FSN), including the ''

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'' public gathering that were ended by the

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. In July 1991, a sizeable portion of its members, led by

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, split with the AC over participation in national elections, and founded the

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(PAC).

Principles

According to its statute, the main goals of the Civic Alliance Foundation were as follows: * Working for the establishment of a civil society and the rule of law in Romania; * Defending

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and

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; * Defending individual rights and the creation of a climate of tolerance among citizens; * Promoting democratic values and institutions, and consolidating real democracy in Romania; * Defending civic and individual interests regardless of ethnic origin, language, religion, and so on; * Organizing

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programs; * Regaining historical truth, moral values, and awareness that have been affected through imposing

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communist rule; * Promoting awareness, respect, and dissemination of truth in public life, through combating all forms of violence and deception, through promotion of tolerance and dialogue within the association as well as within the social and political life of the country at large; * Promoting real values, eliminating corruption, and incompetence from economical, social, and political life; * Supporting the continuation of economic, social, and administrative reforms; * Involvement in the process of informing about Romania's

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; * Creating and maintaining natural links between the

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and country; * Developing relations with

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outside Romania's borders, and with the Romanian diaspora, in supporting their actions to maintain their national identity; * Offering support to underprivileged social categories.

Members and former members

* Petre Mihai Băcanu *

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Victor Ciorbea Victor Ciorbea (; born on 26 October 1954) is a Romanian jurist, politician, and civil/public servant. He was the Mayor of Bucharest between 1996 and 1997 and, after his resignation from this public dignity/position, Prime Minister of Romania fr ...

Emil Constantinescu Emil Constantinescu () (born 19 November 1939) is a Romanian professor and politician, who served as the President of Romania, from 1996 to 2000. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Constantinescu became a founding member and vice president ...

Doina Cornea Doina Cornea (; 30 May 1929 – 3 May 2018) was a Romanian human rights activist and French language professor. She was a dissident during the communist rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu. She was co-founder of the Democratic Anti-totalitarian Forum ...

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* Sorin Ilieşiu *

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* Ioan T. Morar * Dan Puric * Şerban Rădulescu-Zoner *

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* Mihai Şora *

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External links

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