Bucharest Mayor Gabriela Firea In Conflict With PSD Head Liviu Dragnea
Bucharest general mayor Gabriela Firea said Saturday evening at Romania TV that social democrat head Liviu Dragnea wants to ”liquidate” her and have an emergency decree adopted so as to disband the Bucharest City Hall.
Firea said Dragnea had met with the mayors of Bucharest districts, except Robert Negoita, and told them she would be ousted from the leadership of PSD Ilfov and Bucharest branches. Dragnea also said an emergency decree will be adopted and Firea will remain only honorific general mayor.
”Mr. Dragnea said, during a meeting with several district mayors, that he wants to disband Bucharest” (Bucharest City Hall, ed), said Firea. She said Dragnea told the mayors he had met with that it will be adopted ”an emergency decree whereby Bucharest’s six districts will become towns, which goes against the Constitution”, and the ”Bucharest City Hall will be either disbanded entirely or will become purely decorative, with the six districts becoming administrative-territorial units”. (puterea.ro)
ALDE Head Tariceanu Says He Gets Along Fine With PSD Leader Dragnea
The chairman of Romanian ruling coalition party ALDE, Calin Popescu Tariceanu, said Sunday evening that ALDE and co-ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD) share different stands on various issues, but this does not entail a breakup of the ruling coalition.
Tariceanu thinks one should find a convenient solution meant to keep the current coalition at the helm of the country.
Asked whether he gets along fine with social democrat head Liviu Dragnea, Tariceanu said: “Yes, even very well. I talked to him on the phone even yesterday, we consult each other. However, we are not twins to do everything identical. (…)”, said Tariceanu. (evz.ro)
PSD Constanta Head Says Bucharest Mayor Gabriela Firea Engages In “Extremely Violent Attacks”
Felix Stroe, president of Constanta County branch of the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD), thinks Bucharest general mayor Gabriela Firea “has engaged in extremely violent attacks and made a series of senseless and proofless statements, bringing serious damages to the party.
Stroe also said Firea’s statements are probably meant to trigger a rupture and her being ousted from the party. (romanialibera.ro)