The Social Democratic Party has lost
\npower and has entered the straight line ahead of the presidential elections in
\na weaker position. The fact that there were Social Democratic MPs who voted to
\nbring down their own government and for the investiture of a new, Liberal,
\ngovernment despite facing expulsion, is sufficient indication of the mood
\ninside the party. The purges that will follow will not be able to calm things
\ndown and a possible election loss will even deepen the problem. Having said
\nthat, the Social Democratic Party has been through such turmoil before, even
\ndivision, but the party has survived. <\/p>\n
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A difficult situation is also facing
\nthe Pro Romania party, a centre-left
\nsplinter group founded by Social Democrats who went into conflict with the
\nformer leader of the party Liviu Dragnea, who is now serving a prison sentence
\nfor corruption. Pro Romania, led by the former prime minister Victor Ponta,
\nvoted in favour of the no-confidence motion against Viorica Dancila’s cabinet
\nbut later decided not to endorse the Liberal cabinet for ideological reasons. <\/p>\n
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However, some of this party’s MPs,
\nincluding the former ministers Daniel Constantin and Sorin Campeanu, voted in
\nfavour of the new cabinet, invoking the need for the country to have a
\nfunctioning government, and are not facing severe punishment. Pro Romania
\ndecided to dismiss them from their positions as county coordinators and withdraw
\npolitical support for all the positions they hold in Parliament. Moral
\nintegrity is one of the values all Pro Romania members must possess, and the
\npunishment of the seven MPs is a natural consequence of losing the trust given
\nto them, is how the party leadership justified the decision. Daniel Constantin
\nresponded by saying he will leave the party. <\/p>\n
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The former prime minister Mihai
\nTudose, now a Euro MP, accused Ponta of punishing people for their opinions and
\nof being authoritarian, in a manner reminiscent of Liviu Dragnea. He advised
\nPonta to take responsibility for the failure of his negotiations and to resign
\nas party leader. <\/p>\n
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