Romania’s Pres Calls For Consultations With PM On Justice Min Proposal

The president expressed his regrets for not being consulted by Tariceanu before proposing Nicolai for the position of justice minister.

According to the president’s spokesperson, Valeriu Turcan, the president also finds regrettable the fact that even after the proposal was forwarded, the Prime Minister refused to find, together with the president, “a solution to give more credibility to the Romanian justice field.”

The president on Tuesday sent Tariceanu an open letter asking him to discard the proposal of Nicolai for the position, saying her reputation has been dented in the public eye.

In his turn, Tariceanu sent President Traian Basescu a letter saying the reasons cited by the president for the rejection of senator Norica Nicolai as justice minister are ungrounded.