The PSD on Monday responded ironically to the leader of the PNL of Iași, MP Alexander Murar, who said that the famous “rotation” in the administration established by the PNL and the PSD may not happen again. “Trying to escape from the environment, Mr. Muraru creates smoke detectors in Bucharest,” is the response of the PSD, referring to liberal “criminals” from Iași. At the same time, the PNL wanted to assure its power partners that “rotation is a commitment made by the party when forming a coalition, and the PNL respects its commitments.”

• “In Iasi, PNL president Alexandru Muraru is in a difficult situation, the criminal cases of Chirică and Alexe are giving him a lot of trouble. It is difficult to explain to the residents of Yassa that the party they represent is neither Kirike nor Alexe, that they are only in elected positions under the PNL logo.
• Trying to escape from his environment, Mr. Muraru creates fumigens in Bucharest. He is suddenly worried about the fate of the government starting next spring.
• I suggest that the president of the PNL Iasi branch should be more concerned about the news about the sale of electricity for 2,660 lei/MWh.
• Significant increases in gas and energy prices are the main cause of rising inflation, which undermines the incomes of all Romanians. Here, citizens are waiting for solutions, and the PSD has come up with a concrete proposal for price regulation, as it is clear that the current capping scheme cannot moderate the rise in prices.
• Let’s focus on solutions, not scenarios. PSD entered the government to support citizens and the economy in these difficult times, not for games and political statements,” PSD spokesman Štefan Radu Oprja said on Monday.

PNL: Today, there is no other hypothesis in the party than the introduction of rotation next year, according to the protocol

And the PNL reacted to Muraru’s statements, with party spokesman Jonutz Stroe saying the government’s circular was a commitment made by the party during the formation of the coalition, and “the PNL respects its commitment.”

• “The idea of ​​a rotating government is contained in the commitment taken by the PNL during the formation of the government coalition.
• The PNL honors its commitments, and the protocol on which the current coalition is based is no exception. Today, there is no other hypothesis in the party than to implement next year’s rotation, according to the protocol,” Ionuts Stroe wrote on Facebook.

He also says that “any such important topic” should be discussed within the coalition before any public statements are made.

“This is a difficult period for the country, in which the government must be treated responsibly and seriously,” adds Stroe.

The leader of the PNL of Iasi, MP Alexandru Muraru, argued about the “rotation” from 2023, when the post of Prime Minister will be taken by the PSD, that changing the Prime Minister a year before the elections, when you have wars on the borders, would not be good sign

• “There has never been a similar scenario in Romania – recalling the prime minister through negotiations. Indeed, the issue of changing the prime minister in May-June next year appears in the protocol of the coalition.
• But personally, I think we have to see how the geopolitical situation will look like at that time, because changing the prime minister a year before the elections in a full conflict on the edge of Romania’s borders, I don’t think it’s a good signal.
• And Marcel Cholaku said at a certain point, before Prime Minister Nicolae Chuke was also PNL president, that if things go well in the coalition and in the government, there is no certainty that the rotation will be done again,” the PNL leader said. Jasi told News.ro MP Aleksandr Murar.

The PSD and PNL have agreed to change the prime minister in 2023, when the position will return to the Social Democrats, according to the protocol of the ruling coalition.