Nicuşor Dan has Friday, May 30, discussions with the leaders of the parties regarding the formation of a new government. Regarding the person who will be nominated as a prime minister, the president said he must “have credibility”.
Nicușor Dan PHOTO: Mediafax
“It is a first meeting for government formation. I said that in parallel we have discussions on deficit and government discussions“, Nicușor Dan said, when he was asked what he was expecting after the meeting on Friday with the party leaders.
“We all agreed that for government discussions, in order not to exist or to be as few discussions later, it must be an agreement that is as complete as possible. So it is a first discussion, probably there will be a few, in which we will like to work, in what way the governance agreement is written, in parallel the government program, so it is the first discussion in several“, The president added.
He understood that Ilie Bolojan remains a favorite to the position of prime minister, but acknowledges that there are several variants taken in discussions.
“I maintain what I said in the election campaign, but of course there are discussions …“, Said Nicușor Dan, who added:”There are several alternatives on the table, however, because we are going to take some hard measures the person to be nominated must have a credibility”.
Asked if a possible governmental rotary is taken into account, he stated: “There are many discussions on the table, with some I do not agree, but I will not tell you which”.
Regarding the variant of a technocrat prime minister, Nicuşor Dan said: “It is a variant and this on the table. As I told you there are variants that I support, which I do not support, but I do not want to go”.
The president also stated that Romania will have a new government in “Two weeks, three weeks, so”.
In the process of negotiating the formation of the new executive, Sorin Grindeanu, the interim leader of the PSD, says about Crin Antonescu – the candidate supported by the Presidential Governance Coalition, that he would have been a better president than Nicușor Dan. The statements were made by Sorin Grindeanu on Thursday, May 29, claiming that “that”Here it is not with pleasure and love: the Romanian people decided, they are not passionately here ”.
