National leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea said on Wednesday that is endorsing Lia Olguta Vasilescu for any office.
"I have been fully endorsing Olguta - and not from now - since it was a scandal at the Craiova City Hall," Dragnea said before the start of a meeting of the National Executive Committee (CExN) of the PSD.
Asked if he supports Vasilescu for deputy prime minister and development minister, Dragnea replied: "For any function."
President Klaus Iohannis announced on Tuesday that he approved the government reshuffle by presenting the list of ministers on whom he signed appointment decree, denying the picks for the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration and the Ministry of Transport, in particular Ilan Laufer and Lia Olguta Vasilescu, which he called unsuitable and likely to be rejected.
Also Tuesday, the PSD National Standing Bureau decided to support Lia Olguta Vasilescu and Mircea Draghici for the regional development and public administration and transport portfolios, respectively.
The CExN meeting on Wednesday convened to cast a vote on the candidates for the two portfolios.
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