BUCHAREST, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Friday that she did not intend to resign as required by the president.
"I do not see any reason to resign as long as I have the support of the ruling coalition, as long as I think I have had good results in the three months," said Dancila.
President Klaus Iohannis said on Friday that he withdrew confidence from the prime minister and publicly asked for her resignation, arguing that the latter "cannot handle the position of Prime Minister of Romania and is thus transforming the Government in a weakness for Romania."
Dancila's failure to inform the president about the government plan to relocate the country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and about her recent visit to Israel were the premise that President Iohannis made such an unexpected statement.
In remarks after Iohannis' remarks, Liviu Dragnea, leader of the main ruling Social Democratic Party, also Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, said that there is no reason for the prime minister to resign, "she still has our support."
Senate Speaker Calin Popescu-Tariceanu argued that as the body competent for giving the prime minister and the government the vote of confidence, the parliament is the only competent to withdraw it as well, "the president has nothing to do with this."
Analysts here believe that the situation undoubtedly initiated a new round of political conflicts between the head of state and the ruling coalition.
Dancila's cabinet, the third Social Democratic government after the party won the general elections at the end of 2016, was sworn in before President Klaus Iohannis on Jan. 29.