Sorin Grindeanu, about the names conveyed for the head of the SRI and SIE: “If we talk about the opposition, we talk about gold, and here it is a problem”

The interim president of the PSD, Sorin Grindeanu was asked, on Wednesday, at Digi 24, who knows about Gabriel Zbârcea, Gabriel Lazurca, Florin Vlădică and Mircea Abrudean, names in the public space for the management of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) and the Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE), notes News.ro.

“These are speculation. And so I treat them. Do you know what interests? Interest that I think people should come there, I know that these words have been used very often. And even so. Romanian services are part of an alliances with friendly services. The attribute of the president, by the Constitution, of the Parliament is to vote or not.

Grindeanu was also asked if the custom instituted by Traian Basescu was to be kept that the heads of the secret services come from the opposition area.

“If we talk about opposition in Romania, we are talking about gold. As far as I'm concerned, I have a big problem from this perspective, because Romania is a member country of the European Union. And it is something that I do not think we have to lose and we have to keep with all our belonging to the European Union and our belonging to NATO. I can not pass.

He was also asked if the future heads of the secret services must come from the area of ​​civil society or among the political parties.

“I do not want to go into detail because I would speculate, I would do pure speculation. I understand the role of the president given by the Constitution, regardless of who is president, in our case Nicuşor Dan, to make these nominations, which would be good to vote in Parliament,” said Sorin Grindeanu.

The most recent name taken into account for SRI is lawyer Gabriel Zbârcea, according to G4media, and for Sie Marius Lazurca, writes Euronews.