Romanian Social Democrat Secretaries Of State Resign Their Positions

The same gesture will also be made by the social democrat secretaries of state within ministries run by democrat liberals.

According to the government protocol, the ministries run by democrat liberals each have one social democrat secretary of state.

Romania’s President Traian Basescu Thursday signed the prime minister’s proposition to sack social democrat Interior Minister Dan Nica and appointed democrat liberal Development Minister Vasile Blaga as interim.

Romania’s center-left coalition government of democrat liberals and social democrats has been on the verge of a split since Monday, when democrat liberal Prime Minister Emil Boc fired Nica.

Social democrats refused to appoint a replacement or even an interim and threatened to leave the government if the president signed their minister’s dismissal.

According to social democrats’ statements on Wednesday, they are to hand in their resignations within half an hour from the dismissal of Nica.