PNL's Gorghiu: PNL demands an early election to give Romania a new parliament

The National Liberal Party (PNL) is demanding an early election that will give the country a new parliament, PNL co-chair Alina Gorghiu said Wednesday in the context of Senate's vote the same day on Senator Dan Sova.

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"What has happened today is defiance against Romanians, justice and the rule of law. Today, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and [PSD national leader] Victor Ponta have orchestrated a new play of procedural nature with the same intention: to block justice, and did so in full contempt of the Romanian citizens. This is another lesson used by Ponta to show us that neither us, nor the Romanians will be PSD's equals," Gorghiu said in a press statement released on Wednesday.

She added that the main difference between the vote on Sova and the vote on Darius Valcov is the latter has chosen a dignified path.

"By the vote of the PSD senators, Ponta is shattering the credibility of an entire country so that they do not lose power, the Government. Today's vote confirms what we have been saying for some time now: PSD is the corruption umbrella and Victor Ponta the handle to which all those facing legal issues cling. PSD's integrity is making believe it has just internal regulations, when in fact they are still the same old foes of the rule of law," said Gorghiu.

The PNL co-chair showed that for equality before the law to exist between politicians and common people, the only solution would be for Romanians to pass judgement in an early election.

"PNL is demanding an early election to give the country a new parliament with a new legitimacy and a restart the relationship between the political class and citizens, something similar to what happened in November 2014," says...