PBC World - BREAKING NEWS
23 JUNE 2026
Portman announces the termination of the 1987 Military Power Limitation Agreement
President Hellen Portman announced today, during a press conference organized at the Dumbrăveni Palace, that she approved the termination of the 1987 Military Power Restriction Agreement. The latter was imposed on our country after the 1986 Revolution as a security guarantee for some countries. The conference lasted more than three hours, during which Portman answered several questions.
[Reporter:] Why was this decision made to terminate the agreement? Doesn’t it expire only in 2030?
[Portman:] Yes, it is true that the agreement would have expired in 2030. However, it was considered that there was no major risk of a coup d’état. The agreement was signed because there was no other option, and because it was considered at the time that the army could take over the power of the state.
[Reporter:] Were any parties to the agreement notified?
[Portman:] We didn’t inform any government because, if you think about it, the major military powers from that time don’t even exist anymore.
[Reporter:] Does this decision have anything to do with the defense projects that the Federal Department of Defense has started?
[Portman:] Yes and no. I mean, I know about those projects, I know what they’re about, but the decision made today has nothing to do with the projects that Secretary Jones has started. But they will benefit from it because there’s no limit to how much we can invest in weapons.
[Reporter:] Is there any other reason why the decision was made to break the agreement?
[Portman:] Apart from ensuring our own defense, no. And I want to emphasize this, the fact that this is only about defending the country, no, I don’t know what megalomaniac plans or what others on the outside might say. Besides, everything related to defense, like any other field, will continue to be under the control and supervision of the Government and the Senate, so not everything will be secret.
At the end of the conference, Portman gave a speech in the Dumbrăveni garden, where several people were present, including politicians from both the government and the opposition.
[Portman:] Starting today, our country is no longer under the rule of foreign powers. Starting today, we will make our own way in this world, increasingly affected by unjustified conflicts started by some cowardly and greedy politicians. We started with a new popular constitution, on which our comrades worked with great diligence, and now we have continued with the breaking of this useless agreement, which was forced on our own nation and on Sonia Berbecean, whose testimony attests that she was not given any other choice that would have been more beneficial to us. Thus, by what I am doing today, with the approval of the Constitutional Court and the Federal Council, Limbo will be able to increase its military capacity as much as necessary. We must understand that this lifestyle and this system of organization do not maintain themselves, but are defended, and it is the duty of each of us to defend them as long as they are useful to all of us.
At the end of the speech, Portman tore up the first copy of the Agreement in front of the crowd. PBC World journalists asked the politicians present at the scene at that time if they agreed with the decision made by President Portman.
[Felicia Iordănescu, SD:] Well, I don’t see anything wrong, especially since the agreement was expected to be broken almost 2 years ago, during the elections. I remember that around 2017 there was always talk about whether it should be broken or not.
[Alexandru Odobescu, DCPP:] I knew it would be broken, especially since the President told me personally after some government meetings she attended and danced that she intended to do so. Plus, the agreement was not signed because of a war, but because the army, at the time, was considered a certain danger to the region.
[Alina Meyer, DCPP:] Personally, I think it is a perfect decision. I was quite vocal during the campaign for the last elections that the agreement must be broken.
[Ileana Vântur, AP:] I have no opinion on this subject, especially because I am very concerned about the needs of those in the villages and in agriculture. But yes, we need a more flexible and stronger army for our own security.
[Emilia Bauer, DDU:] Yes, I think such decisions are needed. If we do not defend ourselves, then who will defend us?
[Eric Ionavici, CP:] Although the party I lead is in opposition, we were in favor of this measure. We know that, so far, the governments we have been part of have done nothing on this subject, but that is because we did not want to stir up the spirits of international politics, so to speak. So yes, I support this decision, but it would have been even better if we had not remained neutral, but if we had military allies.
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