The National Liberal Party (PNL) proposes the organization of snap elections following the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta, said, on Wednesday, PNL co-chair Alina Gorghiu.
“PNL understood very well the protests last night (…) it is [e.n. — the protest] against negligence, arrogance, corruption in administration. (…) It is categorically a powerful warning that Romanian citizens, the civil society in Romania gives to the political class, to society in its entirety. It is no surprise for anyone that today PNL requests snap elections. We have requested this since January 2015. (…) We believe today the most reasonable and most balanced thing and which comes to meet the requests of the civil society is none other than the solution of snap elections through a political agreement. I hope that in the final hour we will have responsible parliamentary party leaders that will understand how important it is at this moment not to ignore or pretend we don’t understand what the requests of those who protested were,” said Gorghiu in a press conference.
She mentioned that this is the mandate with which PNL will go to the consultations with the head of state, and “if there is goodwill and a little respect towards citizens” this crisis will be resolved through a political agreement.
“Neither I, nor Vasile Blaga, nor our colleagues, nor other leaders in Parliament or in Government, are allowed to remain indifferent to public opinion. (…) We will make the first step and we will initiate dialogue with the political party leaders to see if this option can take shape (…) in accordance with the demands of Romanian society at the moment,” Gorghiu added. More…