“Timisoara is the only city where the former mayor attended the inauguration ceremony of the new mayor”

The president of the USR, Dan Barna, said on Friday, October 30, after the inauguration of Mayor Dominic Fritz, that Timisoara is the only city in the country where the former mayor participated in the inauguration of the successor, which denotes civilization and normality in the transfer of power.

Nicolae Robu presented Dominic Fritz with the city insignia, key, shield and flag, as well as a library folder with the town hall documents.

“In Timisoara it is the first place where the old mayor came to take the oath of the new mayor, which gives a message of civilization and normality in what it means to transfer the mandate further. It is something new, I really appreciated the ceremony, Dominic has already started operating (…) ”, said Dan Barna.

Mayor Dominic Fritz announced at a press conference that today he will have a meeting with the rectors and the head of the County School Inspectorate, because he wants to send “a clear message that education is a priority in Timisoara and that the future of Timisoara it depends on the children. ” our “. Then he will meet with the representatives of the minorities,” because Timisoara is and will continue to be the European and multicultural city “, with the representatives of the cults, because” Timisoara is a diverse city where we respect each other “and later will have the first meeting with experts from the COVID commission and some experts with whom he wants to create an organizational structure in the coming days, “to make sure the mayor’s office is prepared for everything related to the fight against the pandemic. It will be a difficult period, but I am very confident in the spirit of Timisoara and Timisoara “

Dominic Fritz stressed that he cannot afford to make symbolic decisions at the beginning of his mandate, and that this weekend he will focus on managing the COVID crisis, in contact with the hospitals subordinate to the mayor’s office, because “it is necessary” . “To find a way to expand the number of beds and the testing capacity in Timisoara. My first decisions will be to combat the spread of this pandemic,” concluded Mayor Fritz.