PSD does not support Siegfried Mureșan in the position of prime minister. Sorin Grindeanu, after the BPN meeting: "No

The Permanent National Office (PNO) of the PSD met on Monday at 11:00 AM to analyze the proposal of President Nicuşor Dan regarding the position of Prime Minister of Romania. The leader of the social democrats, Sorin Grindeanu, announced that the formation will not vote for a government led by Siegfried Mureșan. UPDATE 13.26: The leader of the social democrats, Sorin Grindeanu, announced that the PSD will not vote for the Mureșan government. "The PSD cannot go through voting to continue this economic disaster model. We have seen that Mr. Mureșan, including this morning, proudly announced that he wants to be the disciple of Mr. Bolojan. That is why the PSD cannot vote for him." UPDATE 11.07: In a phone interview with Digi24, the PSD prime vice-president Ionuț Pucheanu stated that the party has two "big and wide" options: to support or not support Siegfried Mureșan. When asked under what conditions the PSD would support Mureșan, Pucheanu affirmed: "First of all, it depends on you presenting a coherent plan. To have learned, I hope, from the mistakes Mr. Bolojan made, not to repeat them. If you leave the premise that you will support everything that Mr. Bolojan started, the discussions will most likely end very quickly. I am amazed that he is only now working on a government plan, as if he were not a candidate." Ionuț Pucheanu considers that a government led by Siegfried Mureșan could have "fewer votes than the PNL currently has in Parliament". UPDATE 10.52: According to journalist Ema Stoica from Digi24, the PSD will address two topics in the meeting: the vote for such a Government and a possible discussion with Siegfried Mureșan. According to Digi24 information, the leader of the social democrats Sorin Grindeanu wants to recommend his colleagues to leave the door open for a discussion with the Prime Minister appointed for the Government. This comes in a context where the liberal MEP is preparing the government program and will be talking with the other political formations for votes. The Digi24 journalist reminded that the same thing happened with Eugen Tomac and Adrian Veștea. A discussion with Siegfried Mureșan does not mean a vote for him from the PSD, she pointed out. It is expected that the PSD will vote either against or abstain. The initial news: Sorin Grindeanu, the leader of the PSD, announced on Thursday that he had convened a meeting of the PNO after President Nicuşor Dan appointed the MEP Siegfried Mureșan to the position of prime minister. "We have convened a meeting of the Permanent National Office of the Social Democratic Party for Monday, September 21st, where we will carefully analyze this proposal from the right. Unlike PNL-USR, we understand that the political fight must stop where the legitimate interests of the country begin," wrote Grindeanu in a Facebook post. He added that he took "surprise and disappointment" with President Nicuşor Dan's proposal. "It is difficult to understand what arguments the head of state had to choose someone like Siegfried Vasile Mureșan, who, just a few days before this appointment, was campaigning fiercely in Brussels against his own country for the cutting of European funds. Treason can never go hand-in-hand with the defense of national interests," wrote the social democrat leader. Grindeanu further specified that Romania is in an "extremely difficult" situation, and Ilie Bolojan's "obstinacy" to "sit back and block any rational solution" has increased the uncertainty among the Romanian people and companies even more. "There are a deficit of over 30 billion in the budget - that is approximately 1.5% of GDP. After a year in which Romanians were asked for sacrifices after sacrifices in the name of deficit reduction, the figures show how much of a messianic reform was in reality and how much political marketing," Grindeanu argued. Editor: Ș.R.