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| Reactions to the Government Reshuffle |
| (2012-08-07) |
| Last updated: 2012-08-13 14:46 EET |
Prime Minister Victor Ponta has operated the first reshuffling of his cabinet, three months after he took office. The move was primarily triggered by the resignations of interior minister Ioan Rus and of minister delegate of administration, Victor Paul Dobre. The interior minister claimed the institution was under pressure from top power and opposition members with respect to the number of eligible voters in Romania.
A Constitutional Court ruling on this issue is pending, after the Court has asked the government to provide the permanent voter rolls based on which the referendum was held on the impeachment of president Traian Basescu. The two resigning ministers were replaced by Mircea Dusa and Radu Stroe respectively. The prime minister saw their resignation as an opportunity to operate other changes as well, ahead of the legislative elections of November 2012.
The minister delegate for the business environment, Lucian Isar, who also stepped down, was replaced with Mihai Voicu, Titus Corlatean left the justice ministry to take over the top position in the foreign affairs ministry. Judge Mona Pivniceru was nominated to replace Corlatean as justice minister, but the Superior Council of Magistrates turned down her transfer to this post.
In order to take over a minister post, she now has to resign from the Council. Except for this latter case, all the new members of the Ponta cabinet were sworn in on Monday, before interim president Crin Antonescu, who said:
Crin Antonescu: “I am confident, above all, that the government, with its new members, will be able to work and communicate in such a manner that all Romanian citizens will understand that they live in a free country, where threats, intimidation and insults are no longer an option.”
While prime minister Victor Ponta blamed Traian Basescu for the reshuffling, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party in opposition, which backs the suspended president Traian Basescu, argues that even more drastic measures are in place.
Vasile Blaga: “It is the entire Victor Ponta cabinet that should resign; after all, they are the ones who organized the July 29th referendum.”
The moment the most eagerly awaited by both power and opposition is the decision of the Constitutional Court on the validation of the impeachment referendum and implicitly, on whether Traian Basescu may resume his position as president of Romania. If he may not, this autumn Romanians will have to elect not only their MPs, but also a new head of state.
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