Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu on Thursday said he does not intend to resign from his position, saying that „it is a total circus” for that to happen, as the stake is not about him, but rather about Crin Antonescu’s candidacy in the presidential election on behalf of the coalition.

He was asked by the press accredited at the Victoria Palace whether he feels under pressure in this period and if he plans to resign.

„It is a total circus for me to resign, the only way to change the single candidate is if I resign. A motion was attempted and they realised they have no chances. I will not do that. After we enter the OECD, we can talk again,” Ciolacu said.

The PM clarified that he conveyed these points during Wednesday’s coalition meeting.

According to Ciolacu, the stake is not about himself, but rather about Crin Antonescu, as his resignation would lead to the dissolution of the coalition, and automatically, Antonescu would no longer be the joint candidate of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) – the National Liberal Party (PNL) – the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) coalition in the presidential election of May 4.

AGERPRES