Prime Minister Re-Sends Proposals For New Transports And Regional Development Minister

Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced on Thursday that she re-sent the proposals for new transports and regional development minister, despite the fact that President Klaus Iohannis announced earlier that he rejected them for reasons of legality.

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In an official statement, the prime minister said that she proposed again Lia Olguta Vasilescu as regional development minister and Mircea Draghici as transport minister, adding that she told the president in the request that there are no reasons to doubt that the nominees fit the criteria required for a cabinet role.

She urged the president to issue the decrees appointing the two nominees to office.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced on Thursday his reasons for rejecting the last four cabinet appointment proposals made by Prime Minister Viorica Dancila within the last couple of months.

In a statement, the president explained his reasons for rejecting the nominations of Ilan Laufer, Mircea Draghici and Lia Olguta Vasilescu – the latter twice – for the offices of transports or regional development minister.

The head of state cited legal issues as his reason for rejecting three of the four nominations. According to the statement, the proposals for Laufer and Vasilescu as regional development minister, as well as Draghici for the transports office violated the incompatibility criteria set for cabinet members in the Romanian Constitution.

The provision invoked by the president states that the office of Government member is incompatible with the exertion of any other public authority function – excepting that of MP or senator – or any other type of salaried job in commercial organizations. The statement did not specifically mention how the provision was violated.

For the proposal of Lia Olguta Vasilescu as transports minister, the president considered that the former labor minister “does not have the necessary expertize to handle the complex field of transports”.

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