Kelemen Hunor: This coalition must go further. Bolojan must not leave / What he says about the budget deadlock

The UDMR leader rejects the idea of ​​a “power play” in the Coalition and says that despite the tensions, the budget will be adopted. “Who wants to be prime minister for 10-11 months? Bolojan must not leave,” says Kelemen Hunor.

Kelemen Hunor claimed, on Digi24, that the deadlock surrounding the budget and the tensions in the Coalition do not represent a “force game” and he declared optimistic that the situation will be unblocked: “I will not comment in any way, because I see other discussions in the public space and I would not want to fuel these discussions. I believe that in the end a solution will be found and the budget will be voted on and it will not be a defeat for the prime minister, nor for the government, nor for Coalition”.

The leader says, however, that the direction must be clear: “I am convinced that this coalition must go further. We have one year until the election and we have to follow this formula. Ilie Bolojan will continue as prime minister until the election. This is how I think it will happen. Who wants to be prime minister for 10-11 months? Bolojan must not leave.”

In his opinion, the scenario of changing the prime minister is not realistic either: “It is not possible. The PNL must agree. It does not depend on me or the other leaders. A political crisis would not be a problem if it is resolved the next day. But at this moment I do not see the alternative.”

Regarding the deadlock on the budget law related to the PSD amendment regarding the granting of aid for pensioners, Kelemen Hunor says that he has no answers from within the negotiations, but indicates a possible solution: “I believe and hope that the variant of budget credits that will be drawn after the budget rectification would mean a viable solution.”

The third day of debates on the state budget was again marked by scandal in Parliament. An amendment of the PSD was rejected in the Budget Committee, after the AUR abstained from voting. And that twice.

The Social-Democrats then accused the coalition colleagues, USR and PNL, of “clinging with their teeth to all the legislative bits” in order to refuse the amendment, which provides for the granting of a single aid for pensioners. PNL and USR have repeatedly criticized these amendments, stating that there are no budget revenues for such aid. Controversy followed between PSD and AUR, and between PSD and PNL, and between PSD and USR. And after several scandalous episodes and pauses, it was decided to suspend the work indefinitely, in order to have discussions within the coalition.