Named only nine months ago, the Prime Minister, Florin Citu, was increasingly disputed by his own allies, especially for his inaction in the field of justice and his management of COVID-19.
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Romania is bogged down in a political crisis lined with an unprecedented health crisis. Tuesday, October 5 The Liberal government fell after the adoption of a motion of censure deposited by the social-democratic opposition which collected 281 votes, a large majority compared to the 234 votes required by the Constitution. The fall of the executive in place for only nine months complicates the management of a country shaken by a new wave of COVID-19.
The number of contaminations has skyrocketed with more than 15,000 new cases and 252 deaths per day adding to the 36,667 deaths already recognized since the beginning of the pandemic. In hospitals emergency services are complete and doctors complain about the indifference of the authorities. “We have no time for motions of censorship, is the doctor Octavian Jurma. At home, the emergency is in hospitals.”
In December 2020, the government led by the Liberal Florin Citu, supported in Parliament by a central-law alliance, had received a four-year term. But the honeymoon between the Liberals and the Young Union Party save Romania more (USR Plus), a local version of the Republic (LRM) of Emmanuel Macron, has not lasted. Florin Citu has become the black beast of the right as from the left. This former 49-year-old banker formed in the United States seemed to be the perfect soldier of the Liberal National Party (NLP) led by Ludovic Orban, President of the Chamber of Deputies. But the soldier quickly metamorphosed when he conquered, on September 25, the party presidency.
“Have a good trip, Mr. Citu!”
His arrival at the head of the NLP will have been a victory at the pyrrhus. The public confrontations with Ludovic Orban were punctuated with exchanges of blows and revelations on his private life who weakened the Liberal camp and provided arms to the social-democrat opposition. The couracs of the Liberals also exasperated their allied usr more, indispensable to preserve the majority in Parliament. On September 6, this party withdrew its government ministers and cut the links with the Liberals.
“We will vote the motion of censure to put an end to the agony of the Prime Minister, Florin Citu”, had warned his president, Dacian Ciolos. This former President of the Renew Group in the European Parliament, which he left to begin a new political career in Romania – added: “Mr. Citu has missed his VVID-19 vaccination campaign and used public funds. His campaign to win the presidency of the Liberal National Party. This gentleman can not remain prime minister. “
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