The President of Romania, Nicușor Dan, summoned to the leaders of the coalition at the Cotroceni Palace to defuse the tensions generated by the threat of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan to present his resignation. In parallel, the prime minister will hold a press conference at 10.00, at the Victoria Palace.
President Nicușor Dan intervenes in the crisis between coalition and Ilie Bolojan / Photo source: zf.ro
Major tensions between the prime minister and the leaders of the coalition. Emergency intervention of President Nicușor Dan
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan resumed the warning regarding his resignation, in the context of disputes inside the government coalition related to the reform of the public administration.
Ilie Bolojan said on Sunday, members of the PSD-PNL-USR-UDMR coalition, that he resigns if the PSD does not accept simple reforms. And on Monday, Ilie Bolojan, at the PNL meeting, reiterated the warning and threatened with resignation. “On Tuesday Looking for another prime minister, ”he would have said.
In order to find a solution and prevent a possible political crisis, the President of Romania, Nicușor Dan, convened on the leaders of the coalition parties at the Cotroceni Palace, where the main measures to reduce the administrative apparatus and other structural reforms assumed by the Government will be discussed.
Another topic of discussions is the atmosphere within the coalition, but also the way it could continue with Ilie Bolojan Prime Minister, given the repeated warnings of the PNL leader that he will resign from the head of the Executive, which will lead to the fall of the whole government.
Sorin Grindeanu, Ilie Bolojan, Kelemen Hunor and Dominic Fritz will attend the meeting at Cotroceni Palace.
The political sources specify that the tensions in the coalition were generated by the refusal of parties to support the reductions and restructuring proposed by the prime minister, while Bolojan claims that the reforms are essential for the efficient functioning of the administration and for the correction of the inequities.
The meeting in Cotroceni will be a test for the ability of the coalition to find consensus and to avoid a government crisis just over two months after the investment of the Bolojan government.
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan is to clarify the tensions inside the government and explain the decisions that have over the “calm” of the coalition
In parallel, the prime minister will hold a press conference at the Victoria Palace to explain the details of the five bills and steps to implement the administrative reform.
The press conference of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, in which he will answer the questions of journalists, is scheduled to start at 10:00, according to an announcement of the Victoria Palace.
The event comes after the Government’s responsibility is assumed on five draft laws, including the project on the efficiency of the activity of autonomous administrative authorities. During the conference, Bolojan will detail the reform measures, the objectives and their impact on the administrative apparatus and the state budget.
