Defense Minister Vasile Dinku announced his resignation on Monday, citing his inability to cooperate with President Klaus Iohannis. The resignation came more than two weeks after he said that “the war in Ukraine will continue” and that “the only chance for peace may be negotiations with Russia”, statements accused by Klaus Iohannis, among others. “(…) probably, some of our high-ranking people need to read the press magazine more often to learn about these positions,” the president responded at the time.

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19:43The PSD demands an urgent convening of a meeting of the coalition, and then of the party’s national political council, in order to appoint a successor to Vasile Dinka in the Ministry of Defense in the next period, PSD spokesman Štefan Radu Oprya said. after the meeting of the National Political Bureau. When asked if the Social Democrats could cede the defense portfolio to the NLP, he said that there was no such discussion: “We are not interested in these topics of exchange, barter, but we are interested in the stability of the government.”

18:00MeetingThe PSD political office, which is looking for Dinka’s replacement, has started work.

17:15 “Vasile Danku’s resignation as head of the Ministry of Defense was initialed two weeks ago when President Klaus Iohannis asked for his resignation, concerned about the minister’s blunders,” political sources told HotNews.ro. In this context, the president of the PSD, Marcel Čolaku, mimics surprise and tries to negotiate with the PNL regarding the change of portfolios. What exactly does PSD want?

13:27Prime Minister Nicolae Chuke has sent documents to the Presidential Administration regarding the resignation of Vasile Dink from the position of Minister of National Defense and for him to take up this position, the government announced.

13:46 PSD leader Marcel Cholaku says he was aware of Dink’s intention to resign and believed the moment had passed and that “explanations had been made” following Dink’s statements two weeks ago:

• “I believed that the moment had passed and an explanation was provided for this statement.
• If you enter into logic, any conflict ends with an understanding of who wins and who loses.
• Vasile Dinku never spoke about the territory that Ukraine will cede.”

Asked if the defense portfolio could go to the PNL, Çolaku said “anything is possible”, stressing that he had “recommended” Prime Minister Nicolae Chuke to take over as defense minister on an interim basis.

When asked if he had discussed with President Klaus Iohannis, the PSD leader replied: “We have not had discussions during the last period. I believe that if an institutional agreement or discussion is needed, then we will have it.”

13:19Vasile Dinku had his first brief reaction after announcing his resignation on Facebook, telling reporters in parliament that no one had asked him to resign and that he had not spoken to President Klaus Iohannis.

When asked when there were misunderstandings with Yohannis, with which he explained his resignation, Dinku replied: “Because I heard from sources that I have to resign and everyone else.”

13:10SDP convenes a Politburo meeting at 6:00 p.m.

13:01Prime Minister Nicolae Chuke has taken note of Vasile Dink’s resignation as Minister of Defense, the government said, adding that he will return with details on how to ensure the temporary performance of duties.

12:48 pm PSD is currently discussing three alternatives to Vasile Dink, including former Prime Minister Mihai Tudos.

12:13 pm PSD leader Marcel Čolaku reacted by saying that he had asked Prime Minister Nicolae Chuke to take up a temporary position at the Ministry of Defence:

• “I respect Vasyl Dink’s decision and thank him for his work in the Ministry of National Defense.
• I already had a discussion with Prime Minister Čuke and asked him to take a temporary position in MAPN, as Romania is obliged to ensure stability on NATO’s eastern flank.”

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Dinku announced this on Facebook, noting that this morning he submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Nicolae Chuke.

He justifies his decision by the impossibility of cooperating with President Klaus Iohannis.

Dîncu posted the full text of his resignation letter on Facebook:

• “Vasile DINCU, the undersigned, member of the Romanian government responsible for defense, please accept my resignation from this position.
• I justify my gesture from the point of view of the impossibility of cooperation with the President of Romania, the supreme commander of the army. I believe it is necessary to step down from this position in order not to in any way harm the decision-making processes and programs that require fluidity throughout the chain of command, and not to block a number of projects that are absolutely necessary for the optimal functioning of the Ministry. of National Defense and the Romanian Army.
• Mr. Prime Minister, I thank you for the honest cooperation and openness you have shown during the joint government activities, and I assure you of my full support for all the projects and programs of the Ministry and the Romanian Army as a senator, a member of the Parliament of Romania.”

Vasyl Dinku about the “only chance” for Russia to end the war against Ukraine

On October 8, in an intervention on the Prima TV channel, Vasile Dinku said that “the war in Ukraine will continue and that the only chance for peace may be negotiations with Russia.”

• “Of course, these are difficult negotiations (…)
• The countries of the world, NATO, the United States should conduct negotiations for Ukraine on security guarantees and peace with Russia. Ukraine itself will not be able to negotiate with Russia, because the political class in Ukraine cannot now allow, assume (…) the loss of territories, the ultimately unjust loss of territories. It would be too big a defeat for politics,” Dinku said.

Dinku also stated that “Russia has the resources to continue the war and that “ideally it would be to reach a situation of negotiations, even if a frozen conflict could be reached, negotiations would still do more good than what is happening now, the destruction of human lives , property”.

Johannis: “Probably some of our high-ranking people need to read the press magazine more often”

Defense Minister Vasile Dinka’s statements, in turn, were supported by President Klaus Iohannis, PSD leader Marcel Cholaku and Prime Minister Nicolae Chuke.

• “In this war, Russia is attacking Ukraine. In this war, Ukrainians are paying with blood, and we all have to accept the opinion that only Ukraine will decide when, how and what to negotiate.
• This position is our official position, this is the official position of the European Union, and probably some of our high-ranking people need to read the press journal more often to learn about these positions,” Johannis said.

Vasile Dinku, “as a personal, collegial opinion, categorically yes, he was wrong,” also told Marcel Colaku, arguing that when you are the minister of defense in a country that is in a conflict zone, you cannot have “personal opinions, beliefs” . “.

In addition, he insisted that Dinku did not consult with either President Iohannis or Prime Minister Chuke before making statements about negotiations with Russia.

• “I am waiting for the minister to return to the country from the NATO ministry. We want a discussion that is as open as possible to your opinion.
• This is not the opinion of the government, and then we will have to resolve this issue very clearly,” said Nikolay Chuke.

Dynka accused the Ukrainian SSR of “the assembly that was made in Bucharest”

Vasile Dincu says he is unhappy with the way things are developing after his statement on talks with Russia on peace in Ukraine, accusing the USSR of “the mess that was made in Bucharest”.

• “I will discuss (with the prime minister – no). I look at the statements of President Macron and other NATO representatives about the diplomatic path that never stands aside. Diplomacy is the only possibility to stop violence and conflict (…)
• I said that we should not leave Ukraine alone, that it has only one chance – to fight, fight to the end, but we should all put diplomatic pressure on the Russians to back off and stop the terrorist action,” he said. Dynku for TVR INFO, October 13.

He blamed the “Yeserit crowd” that intensified the scandal after his statements:

• “I don’t understand at all why this fastening was made in Bucharest and inserted in this key so that the president, the prime minister answered. (…) Of course, we will have discussions.
• We’ll definitely have a more detailed discussion on this, but I think it’s an idea that seems fine to me. It’s an idea you hear every day if you read the press, so to speak. (…) This is a USR-ist mount and our leaders have answered some questions designed to be answered that way,” he added, asserting that no one has asked him to resign “at this time “.

Awaiting an explanation in Bucharest, Dincu wrote on Facebook that he stopped where “the voice of idiots cannot be heard”

On October 16, in Brussels, when Bucharest was planning his release, Dincu wrote on Facebook that he stopped where “the voice of idiots is not heard.”

The post is replete with harsh statements such as “the babble of fools”, “the honeyed whisper of scoundrels”, “solemn laziness, weak-mindedness or aggressive illiteracy”, “morons and mediocrity”:

• “After three exhausting days, with two free hours left before the plane, I find a place where I once spent many hours and days: the Filigranes bookstore. In a few months, I seem to have forgotten that these heavenly places still exist in the world. Here is a completely different world and incredible silence. Here you can’t hear the voice of idiots, the silence is only occasionally broken by the soft rustling of pages. Here the books are waiting for you, lined up like soldiers in formation. Staying here is a real therapy, a bandage on a bleeding wound. Neither the rascals of fools, nor the honeyed whispers of scoundrels penetrate here.
• From here you can take the energy not to pay attention to serious laziness, cowardice or aggressive illiteracy. Here you realize that you are separated from their planet by the book walls of several libraries. They will never understand how a limitless world opens behind the bitter cardboard cover. They will never know that there is such a fortress with walls of air, but which they cannot penetrate to throw stones. Heaven is hidden here, and Christians and mediocrity will never understand that here their world does not exist and does not matter.
• Here, mediocrity and impostors will never meet their innocent victims because they cannot touch the most powerful weapon in the world: ideas. Rejected by this idea, they will never have citizenship or refugee status here.
• Finally, silent friends on the shelves never betray or lie. Be a blessed republic of thought, speech and silence!”.