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National Liberal Party (PNL) spokesperson Ionut Stroe said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca has presented to his party colleagues the explanations he also put forward in the press, on the plagiarism accusations regarding his doctoral dissertation.
"Like you, I saw Mr. Ciuca's statements. He considers that his doctoral thesis is a legitimate one, moreover, it is based on personal experiences in the missions he participated in. Mr. Prime Minister Ciuca affirmed his total availability and openness to send this thesis to be verified by the Ethics Committee and all these institutions authorized to verify the authenticity of these doctoral theses," said Ionut Stroe, at the PNL headquarters, after the party's Executive Bureau meeting, which took place online.
According to the PNL spokesperson, the prime minister clarified at a meeting that he had "no problem in this matter".
"He [the prime minister - ed.n.] publicly conveyed to us the ideas he also put forward to the press, he clarified the party leadership that he has no problem in this matter. (...) Verdicts, verifications and conclusions can be established by those who are in a position to verify, namely the academic area, an ethics committee, the Military Academy or those who conduct the checks, not the party members or the public opinion, after all," added Ionut Stroe.
Asked if Prime Minister Ciuca was asked to resign in this context, he replied: "Such a thing is out of the question".
"I think it is premature to put forward a scenario as long as there is a committee in the academic field that will verify the doctoral thesis of the prime minister, after which we could make assessments. Until then, I prefer not to comment on these scenarios and to leave it to those who are able and competent and have expertise in the field to do so," the PNL spokesperson also said.
