(ANSA-AFP) - BUCHAREST, NOV 25 - Retired four-star general
Nicolae Ciuca on Thursday received the greenlight from Romania's
parliament to lead a coalition government, ending a political
crisis as the EU member fights a fourth Covid-19 wave. Ciuca's
liberals and their former social democratic rivals reached an
agreement on Sunday to form a coalition government, two months
after liberal prime minister Florin Citu lost a no-confidence
vote in parliament. The Hungarian Minority Party (UDMR) is also
a partner in the new coalition, which garnered 318 votes with
126 votes against. "We put aside our political differences... to
end the tense situation that this country is going through,"
Ciuca, a 54-year-old Afghanistan veteran, told lawmakers before
the vote. Ciuca's liberals (PNL) and the Social Democrats (PSD),
which shared power in 2012-14 before falling out, have agreed on
an unprecedented "rotation" of prime ministers until legislative
elections are held in December 2024. Under the accord, Ciuca and
his PSD counterpart Marcel Ciolacu will each serve an 18-month
term. (ANSA-AFP).
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