Rogobete's message to Bolojan after Cotroceni failure: 'When did you look at Romania without political maps, percentages, and calculations?'

Former Health Minister Alexandru Rogobete has publicly urged Ilie Bolojan to place citizens' interests above political maneuvering, particularly after the recent setback in nominating a prime minister. Rogobete, writing on Facebook, addressed Bolojan not as a former minister or politician, but as someone who has shared a table and served in the same government.

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Mr. Bolojan, Today I am not writing to you as a former minister or politician. I am writing to you as a person who sat at the same table with you. Who was part of the same Government. Who knows how difficult the responsibility of a decision is and how great the pressure is to lead a country.

"Mr. Bolojan, Today I am not writing to you as a former minister or politician. I am writing to you as a person who sat at the same table with you. Who was part of the same Government. Who knows how difficult the responsibility of a decision is and how great the pressure is to lead a country," Rogobete began his message.

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When did you last listen to someone who didn't ask you for a job, but just a chance? When did you walk among people who don't ask you for economic explanations, but just the certainty that tomorrow will be a little better than yesterday? When did you look at Romania without political maps, without percentages, and without calculations?

He pressed Bolojan on whether he had recently engaged with citizens who sought not positions but opportunities, or those who desired not economic explanations but simply the assurance of a better tomorrow. Rogobete asked, "When did you last listen to someone who didn't ask you for a job, but just a chance? When did you walk among people who don't ask you for economic explanations, but just the certainty that tomorrow will be a little better than yesterday? When did you look at Romania without political maps, without percentages, and without calculations?"

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We were not sent here to win negotiations. We were sent here to win people's trust and to do good! Romania is not degrading only from lack of money. Romania degrades when people no longer feel represented. It degrades when ambitions become more important than responsibility. It degrades when calculations made between offices and between embassies weigh more than the voice of those who work, pay taxes and hope that this country still has a path.

Rogobete asserted that the political class's role is not to win negotiations but to regain citizens' trust. He argued that Romania's degradation stems not just from a lack of funds but from citizens feeling unrepresented, ambitions overshadowing responsibility, and calculations made in offices and embassies outweighing the voices of those who work, pay taxes, and hope for the country's future. He concluded by imploring Bolojan to pause, set aside reports and strategies, and choose people over political calculations, stating, "Trust does us good!"

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Mr. Bolojan, stop for a moment! Leave the reports. Leave the strategies. Leave all negotiations for a few hours. It is not too late to choose people before political calculations. Trust does us good!