The leaders of the two parties are speaking openly about a future governing, and in the field liberals and social-democrats are signing agreement after agreement.
Liberal and social-democrats leaders are speaking openly about a future common governing, an the hypothesis is confirmed by the agreements for the county councils. The scenario of a PNL-PSD government was discussed by the liberal vice president Crin Antonescu, in a TV show at Realitatea TV.
"PNL has only two solutions: governing with PSD, or being n the opposition", conclusioned Anteonescu. He said that he is ruling out a collaboration with PDL, and came with an argument: "What can I ask from PDL, not to support Traian Basescu for presidency? It would be ridiculous and I am not going to ask them such a thing, but as funny, ridiculous and humiliating in front of the electorate would be for PNL to sustain Traian Basescu, after we said that he should be baned and we have banned him, we said that he is repeatedly breaking the Constitution, and when, I am ashamed, as a liberal, with him as president of Romania".
Hrebenciuc: we are exercising in the counties
The hypothesis of the PNL-PSD government was confirmed by the PSD member Viorel Hrebenciuc: "Taking into consideration the state of spirit existing in PSD, we are coming closer with small steps, but certain, to PNL. (...) The way in which the majorities will be formed in the county councils will be the first signal for the alliances from next autumn", explained Hrebenciuc. And the signal is very clear.
After, in the past days, they have agreed in Timiş, Botoşani, Dâmboviţa, PNL and PSD closed new settlements in sector 6 of the Capital, Maramureş, Hunedoara, Cluj. Antonel Tanase, the PNL candidate for the Mayoralty of Sector 6, announced yesterday that in the second round will cote the "change", meaning the replacement of the actual mayor, Cristian Poteraş (PDL). The statement is a certain support for the PSD candidate, Dan Darabont, who entered the second round together with Poteras.
The liberals - against Boc The PNL Cluj leadership announced that it will support in the second round all the counter candidates of PDL. The liberal branch was considered at the center too close to Emil Boc. In fact, Boc said that he didn't expect from the former allies, together with whom he won the elections in 2004, to turn "totally and definitively" the weapons against PDL and to be near PSD and PRM. Arranged agreement in Maramures
In Maramures, PDL won the leadership of the county council (CJ), but PNL and PSD signed a co-operation agreement which will include UDMR. The two parties will divide the functions in the county and will support each other in the second round in the second round of the local elections. The two CJ vice presidents will be from PSD and PNL. The liberal Cristioan Anghel, who won his fifth term as mayor of Baia Mare, will have a social-democrat vice-mayor and another, most probably, from UDMR. Where PNL and PSD candidates are facing each other, the two parties decided to have a "fair-play" electoral campaign. Rusanu's men are coupling with PSD and PRm
In Hunedoara county, the fief of PNL vice president Dan Radu Rusanu, the alliances for the leadership of the county council were established after the liberal Ioan Mircea Molot obtained a new term. The liberals decided to sustain Costel Avram (PRM), while the second position of vice president is occupied by Ioan Rus (PSD).
ANTI-PSD AGREEMENT PDL and PNL, allied at Buzau
PNL and PDL signed yesterday a single agreement at a national level, in the Buzau county. The two parties allied against the CJ president, Victor Mocanu (PSD). According to the leader of PNL Buzau, George Scutaru, the agreement states that the liberals and the democrat-liberals will form the majority in the Cj, will share the two positions of vice president and will support their candidates who have entered the second round. At Focsani, the liberals decided to support Alin Trasculescu (PDL) in the second round, in the competition with the PSD candidate to the Focsani City Hall, Decebal Bacinschi, known as a close friend of Marian Oprisan.