PM Ponta: PSD is like the phoenix bird, it rebirths out of its own ashes

PSD [The Social Democratic Party] is like the phoenix bird, every time there appear some who are impatient to be dancing on its grave, it rebirths out of its own ashes, the chairman of the party, Prime Minister Victor Ponta, on Saturday stated, on the occasion of the party's National Council meeting.

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'You shouldn't be neither disappointed nor fearful. I remember very well how the PSD looked in 2010 Romania. And today we are the government, while in this very solid alliance, and I want to also thank my partners in the alliance, for we are the political party with the largest number of MPs, ministers, local elected officials, militants and party members right now. Many of them had a lot to endure in the recent period. And I know that it will still be hard from now on, of course (...) There is no reason for us to believe that we are in 2010 again, but even we were, I would say the same thing: PSD is like the phoenix bird, every time there appear some impatient to be dancing on its grave, it rebirths out of its own ashes,' said the head of the PSD.

The PM also promised that, as long as he will remain in politics, he will remain a Social Democrat, because he is proud of being a member of the PSD. He also added that, while President Klaus Iohannis is the political adversary of the PSD, Traian Basescu was the enemy of this party and of the entire country.

'And I believe that Romania needs social democratic policies. I fought with the most evil, most powerful political regime in Romania after the [anti-communist] Revolution of 1989, Traian Basescu's regime and we are still standing. And they are now for sure exactly where they were supposed to be from long ago, facing the justice and I believe that they...