Prime minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party Viorica Dancila has failed in her attempt to fill the positions left vacant by the withdrawal of
\nthe Alliance of Liberals and Democrats last week by nominating other Liberal
\nDemocrat members. President Klaus Iohannis has rejected her proposal saying it
\nis unconstitutional and again calling on the prime minister to put her cabinet
\nto a vote of confidence in Parliament, given that, he argues, the political
\nmake-up of the government has changed. <\/p>\n
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As for the persons nominated by the
\nprime minister and who say they wish to continue the project begun in 2016
\ntogether with the Social Democrats, the Liberal Democrats’ leader Calin Popescu
\nTariceanu says they no longer belong in the party. This also applies to Teodor
\nMelescanu, who was recently elected Senate speaker following Tariceanu’s resignation.
\nMelescanu says he still considers himself a member of the Alliance of Liberals
\nand Democrats and that he will appeal his exclusion from the party in court. Political commentators believe the surprising move to appoint a leading member
\nof the Liberal Democrats as Senate speaker is a desperate attempt to save the
\nSocial Democrats’ minority government. Bringing in members of the Alliance of
\nLiberal and Democrats in the government and the support given to Melescanu to
\nobtain the second most important position in the state are unconstitutional,
\nsays Calin Popescu Tariceanu. He accuses Viorica Dancila of not complying with
\nthe constitutional provisions and not respecting the decision of the Liberal
\nDemocrats to withdraw from the government, trying all kinds of tactics to avoid
\nseeking a vote of confidence in Parliament. Opinions within the party are,
\nhowever, divided on this account, with an increasing number of members calling
\nfor a congress to establish the direction the party is to take. <\/p>\n
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Dan Barna, the
\npresident of the Save Romania Union, in opposition, has also asked Viorica
\nDancila to appear before Parliament and has called on all opposition parties to
\nsign a pact to push for early elections. According to Barna, elections could be
\nheld, under the procedure in place, in approximately six months’ time. The
\nLiberal leader Ludovic Orban has also said that the prime minister is running
\ncounter to the Constitution by refusing to seek Parliament’s vote of confidence
\nfor her cabinet and that the current government is illegal.<\/p>\n
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