PSD, between hammer and nicoval. An analyst: “The party has never gone through such an existential crisis”
The end of the most anticipated poll – the presidential elections – places the PSD in one of the most complicated situations in recent years: to ensure stability in government, as promised since 2021, or withdraw to try to recover. In the government they face heavy decisions, and in Parliament they are directly competed by the gold, the second party with the most parliamentarians.
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The PSD is facing the most complicated moment in its history, points out the political consultant Adrian Zăbavă. The main problem of the party is not the dilemma of the entry into government, but the situation in the electoral plane, after the last elections showed that the party failed to attract its target electorate, the one in the rural area.
“It is certainly the most important, the most difficult time that the PSD passes, because, in my opinion, so far, the party has never gone through an existential crisis like the one it lives and has never been threatened by another political force with potential to take part of the voters. And that political force is gold, of course. It is true, PSD has passed over other crises. In 2019, after the Dragnea period, the PSD was portrayed as a supreme evil, and the social dissatisfaction with the party or the dissatisfaction with the good part of the society was very important, but it was another type of crisis, not as today.
So PSD today has a competitor and a competitor who seems more credible among people or in particular. (…) PSD goes through a existential crisis and because it has a competitor in terms of part of the electoral segments that he has dominated so far. And I think this crisis will have an repercussion on the party and if the party now enters the government and if not ”points out Adrian Zăbavă.
So far, the PSD has made a habit of remaining in the opposition, from where it has returned with new forces every time to the following parliamentary elections, recalls Ion M Ioniță, the editor-in-chief of Historia.
“The PSD would have favored to be in opposition, because they wash their hands by the former government that belonged to them and should not take measures to reduce the budgetary expenses, tax increases and taxes. So it has always done. After all the governments to which it has been given back and after that, it is not to be returned to the government. Because they have no ideological clarity and direct some of the party members to other parties, Ponta or gold.
And here it depends on what the party will decide. It remains the same party that has been in recent years or is trying to reform, to bring new figures. And here will be the big problem of PSD. If he fails to reform and think he will go the same policy he has done so far, he will lose his imported party relevance ”, explains Ion M. Ioniță.
The decision, between threats and benefits
According to political consultant Adrian Zăbavă, any variant will choose PSD for government, it is a two -edged sword. “Even if the PSD enters the government today, he has time to get to the government and enter the next opposition elections. Many can happen in three years. There is the possibility that the next government, at least for a certain period, will have a dose of confidence the turn of the population according to the results of the government. And PSD can benefit from this. (…) And let's not forget, staying in government means connecting the party with resources ”emphasizes Adrian Zăbavă
On the other hand, “All the parties that assume governance are now aware that they can have a loss, given the extremely difficult economic situation and the measures that will be taken ”.
“The entry into government would bring, of course, a loss of identity. Because it would be part of an alliance government, at the same time under a president that PSD does not have and most likely under a prime minister who would not come from the Social-Democratic Party,” Adrian Zăbavă also explains.
On the other side, “Remaining in opposition, the social-democratic, normal party will somewhat succeed in detaching its image from the current disastrous economic situation, despite the fact that it was in governance throughout the period that generated this situation. So, from this point of view, a plus. But, at the same time, it will be in an opposition competition with other actors who behave much better in the opposition, the populist-extremist parties ”.
Contra in the party
“There are voices trying to divide the Social Democratic Party. But I have gone through such situations and PSD has remained a serious and cohesive party”Florin Manole foreshadowed. Constantin Toma, the social-democratic mayor of Buzău, contradicts him and comes with a more pessimistic point of view: PSD “will be swallowed by gold, pot and sauce“In opposition.
Daniel Băluță, the first vice-president who lost in front of Sorin Grindeanu the election as interim chief, claims to be “Extremely important for PSD to enter the governance ”. The current interim leader, Sorin Grindeanu said that, in his opinion, some are trying to place the party in an unfavorable position, although he invites them to govern: “«Come to government you have to repair some things you have done in these three and a half years. I do not want and do not want to be used as a boxing bag as some try to use us and to post the heavy inheritance. I was not alone in this government. ”
A warning for social-democrats has also come from the governing colleagues so far. Former PNL president Valeriu Stoica told Digi24 that if he entered the opposition, “PSD will be phagocytic of gold”.
