Prime Minister Viorica Dancila accused President Klaus Iohannis of "forgetting the separation of powers", and that he is behaving like "a party leader" and being the one who "wants to bring the Government down", the one who "urges MPs to vote for the motion".
The Prime Minister reiterated, in context, that the censure motion will not pass, and the government will not be ousted.
"The motion will not pass, the Government will not be ousted and I am saying this because I believe in the responsibility of all members of the Parliament of Romania, I believe they can make a difference between a responsible party, which came in front of the electorate with a governing program, which is close to the citizens and a very flimsy censure motion, which says nothing and with a good-for-nothing promise - we do not see a governing program, there is no Cabinet which can replace the current Government. I believe many of the members of Parliament, even among those who signed this motion, will not vote for it tomorrow, because when returning to their constituencies, to their counties, they will have to tell mayors why they did it, why mayors cannot continue their projects in their communities, projects which were granted by the Government through the PNDL [National Plan for Local Development] 1 and PNDL 2 regardless of political color, they will have to explain to pensioners why they ousted a government that increased their pensions and will continue to increase them and instead they will get a government that wants to reintroduce austerity, they will have to answer many, many questions," Dancila stated.