PNL Vice President Accuses Mayor Nicușor Dan of Bias, Betraying Voters

Robert Sighiartău, a vice president of the National Liberal Party (PNL), has sharply criticized Nicușor Dan, the current mayor, accusing him of betraying his electoral promises and abandoning his role as a mediator.

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From my point of view, biased, in no way a mediator. And I tell you this as a man who voted for Nicușor Dan and supported him as secretary-general of the PNL for the position of mayor of the Capital in 2020.

Speaking on Digi24, Sighiartău expressed confusion over Dan's recent decisions, stating they no longer align with the principles he championed during his 2020 campaign. Sighiartău, who supported Dan's mayoral bid, believes Dan has shifted his position to favor the Social Democratic Party (PSD) despite claiming to be a neutral mediator.

"From my point of view, biased, in no way a mediator. And I tell you this as a man who voted for Nicușor Dan and supported him as secretary-general of the PNL for the position of mayor of the Capital in 2020," Sighiartău said. He lamented that Dan is not promoting the right-wing, reformist principles that attracted many voters, including those seeking reform of the Romanian state and judicial independence.

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I don't understand why he chose not to support what he supported in the campaign, namely right-wing, reformist principles, which aimed at reforming the Romanian state, pursuing judicial independence, and several lines for which many citizens voted for him.

The PNL leader pointed to Dan's distancing from reforms promoted by the Ilie Bolojan government and his failure to defend Prime Minister Bolojan when the AUR party filed a no-confidence motion. Sighiartău believes Dan has lost support not due to unpopular reforms, but because his post-election positions contradict his campaign promises, citing Dan's approach to proposals from the Ministry of Justice.

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It became clear that there was a distancing, first of all from the principles, reforms, and direction of the Bolojan government, when he came with Mr. Veștea and did not criticize the no-confidence motion filed with AUR, by the way, which, in his view, should have been isolated. That's when I realized that Mr. Nicușor Dan has a problem with the National Liberal Party, which is also visible. Or with Ilie Bolojan.