Romania’s Liberal Party leader appointed as prime minister-designate

Romania’s centrist President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday he has appointed opposition Liberal Party leader Ludovic Orban as prime minister-designate to form a transitional government until a parliamentary election next year.

The centre-left government collapsed earlier this month after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament.

The newly appointed Prime Minister must now put together a cabinet and governing programme which will need to gain parliament’s vote of confidence.

Euronews reports that “In a statement explaining his decision, Iohannis said the Liberal Party was “the only party that came to the consultations and said directly that it will assume governance during this transitional period.” He then appealed to other parliamentary parties to “understand that we are in a political crisis” and urged the government to be “set up as soon as possible”. “I fully trust that the Orban government will deal with the most serious way of resolving all the important issues,” he added.”

Via Euronews