Live Marcel Ciolacu officially announces that he resigns from the position of prime minister: “This coalition is no longer legitimate as long as it has not sent its candidate in round 2”

Marcel Ciolacu makes the first statements, in front of the PSD headquarters, after the party leadership decided to leave the government following the result of the first round of the presidential elections. Ciolacu officially announced to resign this evening from the position of prime minister.

The main statements of Marcel Ciolacu:

• “One of the two objectives did not come out, which means that the ruling coalition does not have legitimacy in this composition. Which also involves my departure from the government.
• I made the decision not to publicly support one of the two candidates in the round. One thing that seems correct to me.
• This coalition is no longer legitimate as long as it has not sent its candidate to round 2.
• As long as I am the president of the PSD, there will be no PSD-gold governance.

The PSD leadership unanimously decided on Monday night for Marcel Ciolacu to submit his prime minister, and the PSD will leave the governance, but with the stay in the government until the installation of a new cabinet, sources from Patid told HotNews.

And PNL has gathered from 5 pm in a meeting of the National Political Bureau. Leaders of the party have begun to appear who say that “it is the time for PNL to get out of the government and to clearly detach from the PSD.”

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced on Monday that he will propose to his party colleagues the exit of the PSD from the ruling coalition and his resignation as prime minister.

The PSD National Political Council scheduled a meeting on Monday afternoon to discuss the result of the first tour of the presidential elections.

'I want to make you a statement, with what to propose to my colleagues. After making some decisions with my colleagues, I will notify you what decisions we made. After the annulment of the December elections and after the parliamentary elections, a ruling coalition that has a majority in the Romanian Parliament, with two objectives. The first objective-to create a government with a prime minister from the PSD, because the PSD was in the first place. My colleagues proposed me. And the second objective – to have a common candidate for the position of president of Romania. One of the two objectives was not achieved, to have a common candidate to become the President of Romania. Mr. Crin Antonescu, the common candidate of the Coalition, did not enter the 2nd round, Ciolacu said at the PSD headquarters, before the party management meeting, according to Agerpres.

He added that, accordingly, the coalition agreement was only partially fulfilled.

'Of course, today, after seeing the vote of the Romanians and the fact that this coalition did not meet its objectives, so having no credibility after the vote of the Romanians, I will propose to my colleagues to get out of this coalition. If my colleagues will vote to get out of the coalition, normally that I, the Prime Minister of the Coalition, will submit my resignation today to the interim president of Romania ', concluded Ciolacu.