PSD's Mihai Tudose gets President Iohannis' OK for Premier

Mihai Tudose, the Social Democratic Party (PSD)'s proposition for Prime Minister, was designated by President Klaus Iohannis for Premier on Monday evening, after consultations at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace with the parliamentary parties. 

"This crisis we are going through - as it is a political crisis - does a lot of harm to Romania. It harms the Romanian economy, Romania's image throughout the world and I believe (...) this crisis should be put an end to, and very fast. We must have a new government as soon as possible, a government starting to solve the still unsolved problems, namely the problems that have come up because this crisis that started inside the PSD. (...) Taking all these into account and taking into account that there is an urgent need for a new government, I designate Mr Tudose as the next Prime Minister, who will have discussions in the coming days and will come before Parliament with a governmental team," Iohannis said at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace. 

According to the head of state, PSD and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) maintain they are still holding the majority in Parliament. 

"These two parties have come together to the consultations and have forwarded a proposal in the person of Mr Tudose. The Opposition parties, in fact, didn't have concrete proposals for the prime minister office and the talks didn't point to a political understanding existing among Opposition parties. (...) I am asking the parliamentary parties, not only PSD and ALDE, to start right away to draw up an agenda allowing the completion of the parliamentary procedures this very week," Iohannis showed.