Oana Gheorghiu Attacks PSD: "The Fight is Between Those Who Want to Eliminate Privileges and the Gang of the Privileged"
Translated from Romanian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- Interim Deputy Prime Minister Oana Gheorghiu criticized the Social Democratic Party (PSD) for causing the current political crisis.
- Gheorghiu accused the PSD of seeking votes from the extremist AUR party and attempting to seize power without conditions.
- She framed the political struggle as one between those who want to eliminate privileges and the "privileged gang" exploiting Romania.
Interim Deputy Prime Minister Oana Gheorghiu launched a sharp attack on the Social Democratic Party (PSD), accusing them of plunging Romania into crisis by collapsing their own government. She asserted that the PSD's attempts to manipulate the public and other political actors are no longer effective.
The PSD threw Romania into crisis by collapsing the government of which they themselves were a part.
In a Facebook post, Gheorghiu stated that the PSD had engineered the current political turmoil by dismantling the government they were part of. She further alleged that the party made two failed attempts to install a new government through intermediaries and then approached the extremist AUR party "to beg for votes." Gheorghiu criticized the PSD for demanding full power without any conditions or guarantees of making sound decisions for Romania.
The PSD went with cap in hand to the headquarters of the extremist party AUR to beg for votes.
Gheorghiu characterized the ongoing political struggle not as a contest between specific politicians or parties, but as a fundamental battle "between those who want to eliminate privileges and the gang of the privileged who are plundering Romania." She dismissed the PSD's efforts to shift blame for their failures and the resulting chaos as "childish."
The PSD asked for all power to be given to them, without any conditions and without any guarantees that they would make good decisions for Romania.
She expressed confidence that "honest Romanians" are more united than ever and will win this fight to build a strong, just Romania that encourages its citizens to stay, rather than driving them abroad. Meanwhile, other political figures, like MEP Siegfried Mureศan, have also criticized PSD's proposed prime minister candidate, Sorin Grindeanu, for perceived indecisiveness.
The fight today is between those who want the elimination of privileges and the gang of the privileged who are plundering Romania.
Originally published by Adevฤrul in Romanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.