RMDSZ to join Romanian government

Bucharest, March 3 (MTI) – The Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ) will join the Romanian government and will take the posts of deputy prime minister, environment minister and culture minister, party leader Hunor Kelemen said today.

RMDSZ has proposed Kelemen to be deputy prime minister and culture minister, and Attila Korodi the minister of environmental protection. Both of them had previously fulfilled these ministerial posts during the government of Emil Boc. Kelemen said RMDSZ will also have 14 state secretaries in the government. He told MTI after the RMDSZ permanent council meeting that Romania needs government stability, and RMDSZ can contribute to that.

RMDSZ last participated in Mihai Razvan Ungureanu’s government as coalition partner until 2012.

The parties in Hungary’s left-wing opposition Unity alliance welcome and support RMDSZ’s involvement in the third Punta government, Socialist leader and Unity’s prime ministerial candidate Attila Mesterhazy said. He expressed hope that recent problems affecting minorities, such as large infrastructure development projects in Transylvania, the issue of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Targu Mures and the use of symbols in Szeklerland, would be resolved without delay.

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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters