Sworn in in
\nJune, the government made up of the Social Democratic Party and the Alliance of
\nLiberals and Democrats has already been reshuffled once, in September. The
\neconomy minister Mihai Fifor took over the defence ministry from Adrian
\nTutuianu, while the MP Gheorghe Simon became economy minister in Fifor’s place.
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On Tuesday,
\nprime minister Mihai Tudose said he was considering a new reshuffle, but that
\nhe would only reveal the names of the outgoing ministers on Thursday, after a
\nmeeting of the Social Democratic leadership. Tudose said the meeting in
\nquestion would also establish the relationship between the government and the
\nparty. Mihai Tudose:<\/p>\n
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Based on the
\nassumption that this is a political government but that we must still clarify
\nthe level of involvement of certain party structures in the government’s
\nactivity, we have established together the areas covered by the reshuffle, but
\nI will make public the names targeted and the new proposals after the meeting
\nof the party’s executive committee.<\/p>\n
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The prime
\nminister has already discussed the reshuffle with the Social Democrats’ leader
\nLiviu Dragnea. The meeting was held after Tudose himself admitted he was not on
\nthe best of terms with Dragnea. The media has speculated that the estrangement
\nbetween the two may be the result of the strict control exerted by the Social
\nDemocratic leadership on the government, the fact that the prime minister is
\nsurrounded by ministers who are loyal more to Dragnea, as well as the often
\ndramatic gap between the big election promises that swept the party to victory
\nand the challenges of actually being in government. However, the president of
\nthe Social Democratic Party has described the measures presented by the prime
\nminister as necessary and justified:<\/p>\n
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We’ve had what
\nin my opinion was a good and necessary discussion that has helped clarify some
\nthings. The prime minister has presented several measures that need to be taken
\nto eliminate the problems in the implementation of the governing programme. We
\nwill discuss these things at the meeting of the executive committee, but I
\nbelieve that the arguments presented during our informal meeting will also be
\naccepted by the committee.<\/p>\n
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The prime
\nminister has also discussed the reshuffle with president Klaus Iohannis, who
\nreiterated his conviction that the persons who have had a run-in with the law
\nshould resign from the government or be sacked. In light of these comments, the
\nmedia is convinced the ministers targeted by the reshuffle will include deputy
\nprime minister Sevil Shhaideh, seen by commentators as Dragnea’s prot\u00e9g\u00e9, the
\nminister delegate for European funds Rovana Plumb and the minister delegate for
\nthe relationship with Parliament Viorel Ilie, all of whom are under criminal
\ninvestigation for corruption. The list may also include several other cabinet
\nmembers with an image problem. The National Liberal Party, which is the main
\nopposition party, has already announced that if prime minister Tudose does not
\nget rid of all ministers with legal problems it may seek support for a
\nnon-confidence motion against the government. <\/p>\n
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