The Civic Alliance Foundation (
Romanian: Alianţa Civică, AC) was a
Romaniannon-governmental organization (NGO) during the 1990s. The AC had subsidiaries in 36 of the 41
counties, 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
intellectuals 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 Golaniad public gathering that were ended by the
June 1990 Mineriad. In July 1991, a sizeable portion of its members, led by
Nicolae Manolescu, split with the AC over participation in national elections, and founded the
Civic Alliance Party (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;
Regaining historical truth, moral values, and awareness that have been affected through imposing
totalitarian 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;
Creating and maintaining natural links between the
Romanian diaspora and country;
Developing relations with
Romanians outside Romania's borders, and with the Romanian diaspora, in supporting their actions to maintain their national identity;
Offering support to underprivileged social categories.