Mircea Geoana: he has no majority, I ended his suffering / Lucian Croitoru: I am a solution not a puppet - Politics - HotNews.ro
Social Democrats, Liberals and Hungarian Democrats informed the nominated PM Lucian Croitoru that he does not have Parliamentary majority to form the government and added that he should not dive into the political game. Croitoru declared that the talk was interactive and he transmitted that he is a solution, not a puppet. PSD leader Mircea Geoana declared after the meeting that he made it very clear to Croitoru that he does not have a Parliamentary majority. He underlined that his coalition continue to sustain Klaus Johannis. Geoana warned Croitoru that if he does not give up his position, his professional career and credibility is at risk. The three parties urge the President to withdraw the initial proposal because Croitoru will not have a majority and asked Croitoru to stay away from the political game.
PSD leader Mircea Geoana: the Parliament to organize an extraordinary session to confirm the political support behind Klaus Johannis / It is a political act - Politics - HotNews.ro
The Permanent Offices of the two Chambers of the Parliament decided to call on Wednesday, a common meeting in order to vote an act confirming the Parliamentary majority behind Klaus Johannis. Social Democratic Party leader Mircea Geoana declared that the coalition endorsing Johannis submitted a request which was accepted. He explained that the act is purely a political move. The act will not compel President Basescu in any way, Senate's Speaker Mircea Geoana declared. He said that the move is just to prove that the majority behind Johannis exists.
[Again for background: whatever the size of their majority in parliament, the parties can't nominate a PM.] *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
And the update: the vote on Johannis was held this morning, and went 252 to 2, out of 334 MPs (with Băsescu's PD-L abstaining). The motion also declared the lack of support for Croitoru, the President's candidate.
Reactions have been high-pitched: the PD-L accused the others of ignoring the Constitution and the President's popular mandate, the PSD (SocDem) leader visioned the end of the Republic and compared Băsescu to Nero.
Next step announced: reinforce the motion with the signatures of all the MPs voting for on the declaration sent to the President. (That is, the message is: "you can't break up our coalition".)
Still, Parliamentarism can win this war against Presidentialism only if they can sratch on Băsescu's popularity and win back some of theirs... For scale, the last turnouts:
Forgot to link to the precedents in yesterday's Salon. In short: the President picked a PM candidate no party wants. But everyone played according to the formal script: that is, the PM candidate went to all parties to ask for their support, but none of them gave it. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
