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Governmental restructuring odyssey

PM Viorica Dancila announced that she will start the process of analysing all ministries, mentioning that a restructuring of the entire governmental apparatus is desirable, coupled with a move to decentralize the country’s heavy bureaucratic apparatus.

Getting rid of liabilities: On a factual note, Dancila dismissed Carmen Dan, the Minister for Internal Affairs, and Teodor Melescanu, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, but most ministers will suffer changes. Interestingly enough, the dismissal of these two ministers has a common denominator: Diaspora. Carmen Dan was blamed for the poor reaction in regards to the 10th of August protests in Bucharest where riot police used water cannons and tear sprays on protestors, while Melescanu was accused of setting up too few polling stations for Romanians living abroad and therefore leading to widespread frustration among the right-leaning diaspora. By doing so, the PM eliminated two weak spots where the opposition could have attacked.

New skin in the game: For the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ramona Manescu, member of ALDE and a friend of the PM’s, was proposed by Dancila and accepted by the president. She was elected as an MEP in 2008 and last year she organized Dancila’s visit in the UAE. For the position of Minister of Internal Affairs, a rather anonymous figure was proposed by the PM and accepted by the president: Nicolae Moga. Moga has been a senator since 2008 and at the moment he serves as Vice-president of the Senate and member of the Permanent Office.

A broader picture of the governmental restructuring will be available in September, after the Parliamentary holiday.

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