The interim prime minister Florin Cîțu was seen by journalists on Saturday, while talking to the AUR leader, George Simion, after submitting the list of ministers to the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
Florin Cîțu accompanied the appointed prime minister Nicolae Ciucă, who also made some statements after submitting the names of the possible future cabinet.
Asked by journalists if he negotiated with the Alliance for the Union of Romanians and if that is why he was talking to the party leader, Florin Cîțu denied any negotiations with AUR and said that he “met on the stairs” with Simion. During the statements, Cîțu emphasized once again that it was just a chance meeting.
Context
PNL President Florin Cîțu and Prime Minister-designate Nicolae Ciucă arrived at the Parliament on Saturday to submit the list of ministers and the governing program.
Florin Cîțu declared, on Saturday, in the meeting of the National Political Bureau (BPN) of PNL that he considers that the government led by the appointed prime minister Nicolae Ciucă can pass the vote of the Parliament, according to G4Media.ro sources.
“I believe that this Government can pass. We need to be more optimistic when we communicate, to demand responsibility and maturity from the political parties to vote “, said Cîțu, during the BPN meeting.
“Please, let’s not say that the government does not pass, there is still a long way to go before the vote”, Cîțu would have said during the meeting.
Prime Minister-designate Nicolae Ciuca told Parliament, following the submission of the list of ministers and the governing program, that although he cannot ignore parliamentary mathematics, he is “confident that we can continue what has been achieved.”
“We are obliged to discuss, the negotiations must continue until the last moment,” Ciuca said.
He also encouraged parliamentary parties to vote for his cabinet in its current form, arguing that “we need stability, solutions to overcome the crisis.”
Asked by journalists why he did not form a government together with USR or PSD, the appointed prime minister specified that “I asked at the party level what was included in the mandate”.
photo source: Ilona Andrei / G4Media.ro
–
