Klaus Iohannis: “I decided to nominate Mr. Florin Cîțu for the post of Prime Minister”



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On Tuesday, President Klaus Iohannis nominated Florin Cîţu as a candidate for the post of prime minister. The decree of appointment was published in the Official Gazette.

The announcement comes after consultations with the leaders of the PNL – USR PLUS – UDMR coalition, in order to nominate the candidate for the post of prime minister.

The head of state spoke, in the statement made in the Cotroceni Palace, on the recent consultations, but also on the fact that the new coalition has shown that it has a majority in Parliament.

“Last week, in the first round of consultations, I said it would take a few more days for things to crystallize. And they crystallized. Meanwhile, a coalition of PNL, USR PLUS and UDMR was formalized, and – It has already obtained a majority in the Romanian Parliament and today, during the consultations, the leaders of the formations that make up the center-right coalition came forward together and proposed a candidate for the post of Prime Minister. decided to nominate Mr. Florin Cîţu for the post of prime minister, “said Iohannis.

In turn, the designated Prime Minister, Florin Cîţu, said it will do everything possible to have a “stable and lasting governance”.

“I want to assure Romanians that I realize and know the difficult period Romania is going through and I want to assure them that I will do everything possible to have a stable and lasting government,” Florin Cîţu said on Tuesday. late, after being announced by President Klaus Iohannis as Prime Minister-designate.

Florin Cîțu has 10 days to form his team

From this moment, Florin Cîțu has 10 days to form his team of 18 ministers. Political leaders have already announced that they want a reversed government by Christmas. The hearings of the ministers and the vote in parliament will be on Wednesday.

The president’s announcement came after the leaders of the right-wing coalition, Ludovic Orban, Dan Bârnă, Dacian Cioloș and Kelemen Hunor, participated in the negotiations together and presented the same proposal to the president as prime minister, Florin Cîțu.

Although they received the most votes in the elections, and Klaus Iohannis was the first to wait for them in the consultations, the PSD rejected the invitation. However, those of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians, AUR, participated in the restricted formula.

To be invested, the government needs the vote of the majority of senators and deputies. Then the ministers and the prime minister will be sworn in at the Cotroceni Palace.

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