site.btaRomania’s Social Democratic Party Withdraws All Its Representatives from Government Positions

The largest party in Romania's Parliament, the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Wednesday announced that all its representatives who held the positions of state secretary, undersecretary of state, prefect, or deputy prefect have resigned following the party’s decision to submit a motion of no confidence in the government of Ilie Bolojan.

"PSD believes that changing the way the country is governed and stopping the decline of the national economy is a far more important stake than maintaining positions or portfolios in a dysfunctional Government," the party said in a press release.

According to Digi24, the PSD had 49 state secretaries and under secretaries of state, 22 prefects, and 20 deputy prefects in the ministries.

Last week, the PSD ministers in Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan's government resigned. Deputy Prime Minister Marian Neacsu, Agriculture Minister Florin Barbu, Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan, Labour Minister Florin Manole, Justice Minister Radu Marinescu, Health Minister Alexandru Rogobete, and Transport Minister Ciprian Serban all stepped down from their posts.