The government reshuffle was much greater in scope thanexpected, both in terms of the value of the portfolios debated andof the powerful political positions that some of those sidelinedheld.
By edition's close the following resignations had been confirmed:Finance Minister Sebastian Vlădescu's (could be replaced by DeputyGheorghe Ialomiţianu), Labour Minister Mihai Şeitan (suggestedreplacement: Deputy Nelu Ioan Botiş), Agriculture Minister MihailDumitru's (replaced by PDL deputy Valeriu Tabără) and CommunicationMinister Gabriel Sandu's (who was supposed to be replaced by PDLdeputy Valerian Vreme).
Yet the big move here is the displacement of the famous BVB trio -Blaga-Videanu-Berceanu. By the time the story was ready for print,Berceanu and Videanu's departures from the Government were yet tobe confirmed.
The meeting between Premier Emil Boc and President Traian Băsescuyesterday morning seems to have been decisive for sideliningVideanu and Berceanu, extremely powerful people inside theDemocratic Party branches. However, the wish of PDL(Democratic-Liberal Party) members, who were for an extensivereshuffling mattered because whereas on Wednesday night, when thePremier and ministers met with the PDL MPs, Berceanu and Videanu'sportfolios had not been brought up, while yesterday during anotherextensive meeting of the party things completely changed.
The only positions discussed on Wednesday night were those of theministers who had weak or no ties with PDL. Among them SebastianVlădescu, former liberal finance minister during the early days ofthe Tăriceanu Cabinet who joined Boc Government as an independent,backed by President Traian Băsescu. Also sure to happen onWednesday were the departures of Şeitan, Sandu and Dumitru.Yesterday, however, all the important portfolios in the Governmentwere discussed. Sebastian Vlădescu said last night that his removalfrom the finance minister position was a political decision, aswell as "an error" and added he regretted not having been able tosee through the projects started while he was at the helm of theinstitution.
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