“The most important objectives of the Liberal Democratic Party are the revision of the Constitution and the country’s administrative-territorial reorganization which is a project that has been debated since 2011 and has to be completed in 2012.”

The reorganization project, criticized by the opposition, provides for the replacement of the current 40 counties of Romania with 8 larger counties. Another priority for the power in 2012 is the healthcare law, contested even by voices inside the Health Ministry. State under-secretary, Raed Arafat, believes that the healthcare draft law, under which state-provided services are replaced by private services to a larger extent, will destroy the integrated emergency system and that the mission of saving lives will be replaced by commercial competition. The opposition Social Liberal Union rejects that draft law, considering that it violates patients’ rights and discriminates against the poor and pensioners, who will thus have to pay more for healthcare services.

On the other hand, the opposition Social Liberal Union has set as a main priority to nominate its candidates to the joint local and parliamentary elections before the beginning of summer. The President of the Liberal Party, which is a member of the Social Liberal Union, Crin Antonescu says:

“By the time of the November elections, the Social Liberal Union has to be prepared and provide a governing program, general political action programs, good candidates and solutions on the short and medium term so that Romania should be able to make up for the lost ground, in the international context, and to regain chances to develop on a long term.”

The opposition also intends to continue its anti-corruption fight and to campaign for the independence of the General Anti-Corruption Directorate and of the National Integrity Agency, and also to implement public policies so as to help Romania join the Schengen area.