Lucian Croitoru

The Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Marcel Ciolacu, sent on Monday a letter to the governor of the National Bank of Romania BNR), Mugur Isarescu, affirming that all statements made by BNR officials yield effects, regardless of whether they are made in a personal capacity or from the official desk.

The Social Democratic-led government of Viorica Dancila in Romania was ousted on Thursday in a motion of no confidence that received the support of 238 members of the two-chamber parliament.

Only four parliamentarians voted against the motion that needed a simple majority of 233 among the total of 464 deputies and senators to succeed.

The Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL, Opposition, made up of National Liberal Party - PNL and Democratic Liberal Party - PDL) will introduce a motion of no confidence in the coming session of the Parliament, PNL leader and ACL presidential candidate Klaus Iohannis announced in a press conference on Sunday.

The executive board of the opposition centre-right National Liberal Party, PNL, on Monday said Klaus Iohannis would run for the party in the presidential elections in early November.

The National Liberal Party, PNL, Romania’s biggest opposition party, elected Klaus Iohannis as its new president on Saturday.

Iohannis, 55, an ethnic German and popular mayor of Transylvanian city of Sibiu, has replaced former parliament speaker Crin Antonescu, and has promised to revive the party’s popularity.