Update 19.52PSD urgently calls for a coalition meeting to discuss the Defense Ministry portfolio, after which it will convene a meeting of the National Political Council, party spokesman Radu Oprea said immediately after the PSD meeting.
“What would be the next steps at this time: the decision taken by the National Permanent Bureau of the PSD is to urgently request the convening of a coalition meeting to have a discussion, and then a National Political Council for the next period,” he said. Radu Oprea at the headquarters of the PSD.
He added that it is possible that the coalition meeting will take place on Tuesday, because then Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă will leave for Brussels.
Original article: PSD leaders decided on Monday evening at a meeting of the National Political Bureau to ask PNL, in a coalition meeting, for an exchange of ministries, political sources told G4Media.
Marcel Ciolacu wants to propose to the liberals the Ministry of National Defense, a field that falls within the constitutional powers of President Klaus Iohannis, and to receive another ministry in exchange, according to information from G4Media.
On the other hand, liberals reject any such proposal, according to information from G4Media, on the basis that the anointing of the ministries would mean rewriting the coalition protocol and could lead to political tensions.
If the PNL does not accept the exchange of ministries, the leaders of the PSD will meet at a meeting of the National Political Council, the decision-making structure, and will appoint a new defense minister after the resignation of Vasile Dîncu.
Among the names circulated in the PSD are MEP Mihai Tudose and Senator Angel Tîlvăr, but the list is open, especially since it will be an extremely short term, until May 2023, when the ruling party between PSD and PNL will take place. .
