Raluca Turcan (PNL): “I call on PSD and AUR to present the secret parliamentary collaboration protocol”

Raluca Turcan claims that PSD and AUR may have concluded a secret parliamentary cooperation protocol, and that the results of this arrangement became apparent in the recent vote on appointing the leadership of TVR and Radio Romania. The PNL leader called on the two parties to make the document public, stating that they have not denied its existence.

In a message posted on social media, Turcan accused PSD and AUR of having “officially divided” the two public media institutions following a provisional arrangement established in September. She argued that the vote on full terms confirms an alliance that PSD publicly denies.

The statements came after Parliament approved appointments to lead Romanian Television and public radio. According to Raluca Turcan, the leader of the AUR senators allegedly acknowledged that these appointments resulted from an agreement between the two parties.

The PNL lawmaker warned that TVR and Radio Romania, which are funded with public money, have a responsibility to accurately inform millions of Romanians and should not be subordinated to a parliamentary majority. She linked the situation to the risks of foreign interference and the vulnerability of the public sphere, amid the war at the border and the cancelled elections.

Turcan especially criticized PSD’s support for the AUR candidate to lead TVR, stating that his election could be linked to Russian propaganda in Romania. PSD and AUR have not presented the protocol in question so far, nor have they provided a detailed public response to the accusations.