Romanian Liberal VPs Rule Out Election Overlapping

Melescanu said in a press conference that an overlapping of parliament and local elections would be "extremely difficult," given the necessary agenda.

He said that the simultaneous organization of the two elections would mean money saved for the Government, but the necessary steps cannot be taken towards such a goal.

In her turn, Nicolai said there can be no talk of local elections organized at the same time as parliament elections.

"The constitutional timing can no longer be kept and, above all, Romania is under the rule of law and volition cannot change such an agenda. The Constitution is very clear on the steps taken towards early elections," Nicolai said.

She pointed out that if the Government decides to hold local elections on June 1, then early parliament elections cannot be organized at the same time.

The Romanian social democrats decided to hold talks with the other political actors, for the organization  of early elections or the creation of a "service government" that would not include the social democrats and which would organize the elections, according to social democrat leader Mircea Geoana.

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