Yesterday, at the Parliament"s Palace, president Traian Băsescu met with the Parliamentary groups of the PDL,to discuss "politics", just one day after a stealth meeting with the leaders of the PDL organizations, in which he may have proposed the replacement of Emil Boc with a technocrat.

The names which were heavily debated as possible replacements for Emil Boc were: NBR governor Mugur Isărescu, deputy NBR governor Cristian Popa, governor advisor Lucian Croitoru, Romania"s representative with the IMF Mihai Tănăsescu, Justice Minister Cătălin Predoiu, the head of the National Center for Durable Development, Călin Georgescu and the manager of Oracle Romania, Sorin Mândruţescu.

Nevertheless, after yesterday"s discussion, Emil Boc remained a PM.

PDL members seem to have disliked the proposal made by Traian Băsescu for the position of PM, as several PDL leaders publicly stated that the Government should be led by a politician.

"In my opinion, the prime minister should be a politician, and be politically responsible", said PDL vice-president Cezar Preda, as his opinion was shared by several democrat liberals. "There were never talks in the PDL about an independent PM", Sulfina Barbu, another vice-president of the party said.

However, when it comes to the issue of whether the PM should also serve as president of the PDL, opinions in the PDL are divided. "The EU doesn"t usually have issues with independent prime ministers, and in the political world the head of the party is also the PM", Cezar Preda added.

In turn, Sulfina Barbu said that the PDL is reviewing the separation of the two positions, especially with the congress of May getting closer, when a new team that would lead the party would be appointed.

* Blaga referred to the past of a technocrat

Some leaders of the PDL even went as far as to nominate Vasile Blaga for th