Romania's Conservative Party on Sunday decided to pull out from
the governing coalition due to disagreements over policies with
other governing parties, according to a resolution adopted on the
meeting of the party's Political Bureau.
The resolution was adopted unanimously and was submitted to the
National Council currently holding session at the Parliament
Palace.
"The coalition has refused to support our law proposals ... We
decided to immediately withdraw our members from the government and
their transfer to the opposition," said Daniela Popa, deputy head
of the Conservatives.
The Conservative Party, the smallest one in the four-party
governing coalition, has the vice PM for economic issues, Minister
of Economy and Trade, six state secretaries and 11 representatives
of governmental agencies in the government.
All Conservatives are to resign from governmental positions
soon, a party official said. Their departure would make the
governing coalition lose its parliamentary majority, which might
result in early elections.
But some analysts predicted that Prime Minister Calin
Popescu-Tariceanu would be able to hold a minority coalition
government relying on outside support from independent law
makers.
Tariceanu was supposed to meet President Traian Basescu on
Sunday evening to discuss the current political situation.
(Xinhua News Agency December 4, 2006)
