Until the congress
\nscheduled for November, the Social Democrats have a new leader, following Prime
\nMinister Victor Ponta’s decision to step down as party president, a position he
\nhad been holding for five years. The Prime Minister wants to prove his
\ninnocence in the case in which he is being prosecuted for forgery, tax evasion
\nand money laundering, which he allegedly committed as a lawyer, back in 2007.
\nThe main culprit in this case is his
\nparty colleague Dan Sova, a former Transport Minister in the Ponta Government.
\nGathered in Bucharest on Wednesday, the members of the Social Democratic Party’s
\nNational Executive Committee decided that Livu Dragnea was the most suitable to
\nbe interim president of the party and his opponent in the race for the party
\nleadership, Rovana Plumb, would remain president of the party’s National
\nCouncil. As head of the party, Liviu Dragnea has voiced assurances that the
\nparty is united and, together with its governing partners – the National Union
\nfor the Progress of Romania, headed by Gabriel Oprea, and the newly established Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for
\nEurope – will continue to support the government. Liviu Dragnea:<\/p>\n
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I’ve
\nhad a phone conversation with Mr.
\nOprea, who supports the formula adopted by the National Executive
\nCommittee, and I want to assure him of our full and honest collaboration. We
\nwant to convey the same message to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for
\nEurope: the Social Democratic Party continues to be their fair and loyal
\npartner and together we can ensure the governing of this country in a way that
\nsupport its economic development <\/p>\n
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Electing Liviu Dragnea as interim
\npresident of the Social Democratic Party renders the party more stable, Gabriel
\nOprea has stated, also reiterating his support for Prime Minister Victor Ponta
\nand also for the president of the country, Klaus Iohannis, with regard to all
\nthe projects that pertain to national security. In turn, the co-president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
\nfor Europe, Daniel Constantin, has stated that the partnership with the Social
\nDemocratic Party goes on. On the other side of the barricade, the co-president
\nof the opposition Liberal Party, Alina Gorghiu, believes that, despite the
\npublic statements, the Social Democratic Party is marred by internal conflicts:<\/p>\n
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I
\ndon’t thing that the parties involved will be reconciled any time soon. They
\nare all focused on the fight for supremacy within the party, and,
\nunfortunately, governing the country has turned into a marginal matter.
\nFighting and splitting within a party translates into insecurity, and we want to
\nbe an alternative to governing also through the unity of this construction.<\/p>\n
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Alina Gorghiu believes that the
\nsituation within the Social Democratic Party will affect the process of
\ngoverning and the country needs another
\nprime minister. <\/p>\n
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