The grade that Sorin Grindeanu gives to the relationship with Prime Minister Bolojan: “Somewhere in a mediocre area”
Ilie Bolojan and Sorin Grindeanu. Photo: Inquam Photos / George Călin
PSD President Sorin Grindeanu stated, on Antena 3, that the grade he would give to his relationship with Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan is “passing”, but he said that no one claims a friendship between them.
“It wasn't a friendship before, it's not even now, it's one (a relationship – no) of partners, of party leaders within a coalition, everyone tries to support their point of view, to argue it, but we didn't have a friendly relationship and no one had any claim to such a thing”, explained Grindeanu, quoted by News.ro.
He said that he would give a “passing grade, somewhere in a mediocre area, 6-7”, to the relationship he has with the prime minister.
The leader of the social democrats said that, when the PSD members decided for the party to be part of the current government, they did not decide to enter the government “with Grindeanu the president of the PSD or with Ilie Bolojan, the prime minister”, but they decided in an “impersonal” way to be part of the current parliamentary majority that supports the government. “There is no coalition in one person,” Grindeanu added.
Asked if he wanted Ilie Bolojan to be prime minister, Grindeanu answered: “If I didn't want this, I would go in front of the party and tell them: I think we are in a situation where Ilie Bolojan should leave, arguing, nothing personal. We are not there yet.”
“People don't argue in a coalition, it's not about a fight, it's about different visions, we are a left-wing party in a coalition with three other right-wing parties. That's exactly why we always come up with proposals to mitigate the shock caused by these abrupt right-wing measures, but which seem, at this moment, not to reach their goal”, declared Sorin Grindeanu.
The interim president of the PSD said that the social democrats “try every time to correct” some measures taken by the Government, stressing that they expect the other political formations that are part of the governing coalition to come up with proposals to improve the situation.
