National Political Bureau

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Ludovic Orban said on Wednesday that he will not vote on a motion of censure against the prime minister and no liberal MP will, emphasising that as national chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL) he defends the government.

Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Friday that he feels "harassed" by the fact that USR PLUS ministers did not attend the government meeting, and explained that he was "blackmailed" when he was told that the local spending program PNDL 3 will not get the seal of approval until the bill on the abolition of the Section for the Investigation of Judicial Crimes (SIIJ) is passed.

Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Wednesday that the evacuation of Romanian nationals from Kabul, Afghanistan, is underway, adding that, according to intel he has, the Romanian Air Force aircraft will take over other nationals from Afghanistan as well.

PSD (Social Democratic Party) spokesman Radu Oprea on Monday said that a delegation of Social Democrat specialists will continue discussions regarding the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNNR) with government representatives to find out all the details to this project.

The Social Democrat First Deputy President Sorin Grindeanu, former Premier, on Monday said that the Social Democratic Party (PSD) will file a simple motion against Economy minister Claudiu Nasui, after the budget bill is debated and cleared.

The National Political Bureau of the National Liberal Party (PNL) validated, on Wednesday, the option for PNL Chairman Ludovic Orban to be the proposal for PM, and Finance Minister Florin Citu - the proposal for the Senate President, and also the variant with Florin Citu as PM and Ludovic Orban as Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, according to some liberal sources.

The chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Marcel Ciolacu, is of the opinion that the decision of the Liberals to propose for the position of Prime Minister Florin Citu represents a "big, big mockery", stating that it's time for Romanians to "revolt against those who want to confiscate their vote." "The PNL has understood nothing from the Romanians' vote!

The chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL), Ludovic Orban, announced that the Liberals' National Political Bureau decided, with one abstention, that Florin Citu be nominated for the position of Prime Minister.

National Liberal Party (PNL) First Deputy Chairman Rares Bogdan announced that the Liberals will validate the prime minister proposal at a meeting of the National Political Bureau (BPN) on Wednesday. "We will discuss tomorrow [the proposals of prime minister]. We will validate in the evening, probably in the BPN meeting around 19.00 or 20.00, after we talk about the proposals at noon.

Bucharest, March 8 /Agerpres/ - The National Permanent Bureau (PNN) of the National Liberal Party (PNL) will meet on Monday to decide the candidates for the local elections in all the counties and in Bucharest.