USR PLUS Chairman-elect Dacian Ciolos, when asked if he would agree for Prime Minister Florin Citu to hold another position following the negotiations, such as that of Senate President, Deputy Prime Minister or Minister of Finance, replied that such things "can be discussed."
On the other hand, he specified that it is important for the prime minister to work in a team with the other ministers and "not consider himself as bailiff on his estate".
"These are things that can be discussed. We talked about the government, because that's where the government program is implemented and that's where we have to function as a team. And the prime minister, no matter what party he is from, even the prime minister from PNL [National Liberal Party] - and they are entitled to nominate a prime minister - must work in a team with the other ministers and not consider himself as bailiff on his estate," Ciolos told a press conference held at the USR PLUS headquarters.
He added that in Romania there have been several crises in recent years, and the solutions have been "short-term", because the politicians' goal was to calm people down. In this regard, he advocated the implementation of long-term goals, including in healthcare, Agerpres.ro informs.
"At the Ministry of Health, while we had ministers, in addition to solving the current problems of pandemic management, a lot of work was done on the preparation of investment projects. Investments in hospitals, in people, with a vision over the next two-three-four-five years, too. (...) There was a fire in one hospital and then in another hospital a few months ago and we have no guarantee that this will not happen in another month, two or three. But we can have guarantees that if we have a responsible government, that money from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan is used for investment, not to solve the internal problems of one party or another, as Prime Minister Citu wanted to do with that PNDL [National Local Development Program]. This is what the parties who want a partnership with USR PLUS should know," Ciolos said.
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