Most newspapers on Tuesday read about the plans of the President to separate the position of Prime Minister from that of President of the Party. Elsewhere in the news, Justice minister Catalin Predoiu sees the Senate’s validation of the eight new members of the Superior Council of Magistracy as a legal and a normal decision. Last but not least, a 17 year old Romania was executed in a parking lot in Germany.
Most newspapers on Tuesday read about the plans of the President who after three distinct meetings reached the same conclusion: that Emil Boc cannot be both Prime Minister and leader of the Democratic Liberal Party in the same time. Gandul reads that the President had three meetings with Democratic Liberal leaders attempting to understand how they see the future of the party before the May internal elections.
In a meeting with leaders of the party, Basescu said he does not support a certain candidate for the highest position of the party but that he would like to see reformists included in the party’s executive like Monica Macovei, Sever Voinescu, Cristi Preda, Teodor Baconschi.
On Monday, the option to have an independent candidate became more attractive for all camps in the party, the newspaper reads. In this vein, Basescu undertook a visit to the Central Bank, in an attempt to have governor Isarescu as Prime Minister. Another possible name is Mihai Tanasescu, Romania’s representative to the IMF.
The newspaper reads that by naming an independent candidate, the President wants to block whatever wishes the PSD – PNL alliance might have to name their own Prime Minister. Romania libera reads that the latest conclusion was to have Boc President of the party and identify an independent Prime Minister.
The President believes that Boc would be the perfect solution for the party because he would be the only one
