Bolojan, asked if he spoke with Grindeanu about the breakup of the Coalition: I didn't have the energy. It is possible that we will have a crisis in the next period / What it says about the PSD withdrawal scenario
Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan did not rule out the possibility of a political crisis “in the next period”, in the context of tensions with the PSD, but “those who generate a crisis must assume this crisis”. The liberal also said that “Romania does not need a minority government at the moment” and that the “serious” problems in the country “do not disappear if one person or another leaves”.
Asked, on Monday evening, on Digi24, if he asked the PSD leader “concretely, manly, what he really wants”, considering the criticism of Sorin Grindeanu and the social democrats towards him, Ilie Bolojan stated that things are going on “in a reasonable manner” in the coalition meetings, in contrast to the public tensions.
“You realize that we met in the coalition meetings, but a discussion of this, related to the actions that a political leader or a party takes, did not take place in the form in which you asked me. You know that even today, and when we had the coalition meetings, they take place in a (…) reasonable manner, but outside the coalition meeting or after that, things change a lot, escalating with attacks, with the criticisms and so on,” said Bolojan.
The prime minister said that “the situation forces you to focus on the serious issues that come up day by day”, so he no longer had the “personal energies” needed to deal with the tensions in the coalition.
“I simply didn't have the personal energy to deal with these things anymore,” he added.
The Liberal warned that it had “escalated with this tension” in the coalition and did not rule out the possibility of a crisis.
“Things seem to be going in the direction of escalation. It is possible that we will have a crisis in the next period, that is the situation, but the real problem is the following: a man, a minister, a prime minister can leave, the problem we have is that the serious things that led us to this situation require solutions. They do not disappear if one person or another leaves”, added the head of the Government.
PSD announced for April 20 an internal consultation on the possibility of leaving the government. Sources from the party's leadership told HotNews that a decision would rather be made to continue governing in the current coalition, but with another prime minister.
Bolojan: “Romania does not need a political crisis”
Asked what he will do if the PSD, after the internal referendum, asks him to leave the head of the Government, the liberal prime minister answered: “Any party in the coalition, if it considers that it is not satisfied with what is happening, can act from a constitutional or political point of view, introducing motions of censure, withdrawing its ministers.”
He said the talks should focus on “solutions” to the country's problems.
“Romania, at the moment, does not need a political crisis, which overlaps with the budget crisis, which cannot be solved by anyone from one day to another, and which overlaps with the crisis that comes from the wars we have, from the Gulf, from Ukraine, etc. That's all we don't need, but this is not a plea that I am making for occupying a position, but simply out of responsibility for our country”, he added Bolognese.
“Romania does not need a minority government at the moment”
The liberal prime minister said that Romania needs “political stability”, not a government without a majority in Parliament.
“Because the decisions we have to make in the next period, related to the absorption of European funds, related to the investments we have to make, the milestones we have to fulfill, presuppose having a stable government, having people who focus all their energy on solving these problems. Otherwise, in the summer, we will discuss who is responsible for the money that Romania lost from the PNRR”, he continued.
Bolojan, about Grindeanu: “I don't get to give grades”
Ilie Bolojan was asked if he thinks that Sorin Grindeanu “would be a good prime minister now”.
“I don't give grades or make estimates related to the qualities of some or others openly, but, discussing as honestly as possible, when it was a difficult situation, in the summer of last year, knowing what needs to be done, things that don't sound good, I assumed this responsibility. Every politician is responsible for the position he holds and for what he does, but I don't try to make characterizations”, answered the PNL leader.
