Petrișor Peiu accuses Nicușor Dan of lying or concealing foreign interference in domestic politics: Either “a buffoon” or “the end of national sovereignty”

The President of the AUR National Leadership Committee, Petrișor Peiu, accused President Nicușor Dan of either lying or concealing a possible foreign intervention in domestic politics, following the head of state’s statements on Tuesday evening, when he said that “AUR in government would have meant the country’s rating being downgraded within a week”.

Nicușor Dan had stated that AUR entering government would have led, within a week, to the country’s rating being downgraded. In a Facebook post, Petrișor Peiu criticized the confidence with which the president made the statement and argued that such information could only have stemmed from a “big lie” or from a possible assurance provided by the rating agencies.

The AUR leader stated that, if the president had not lied, then the rating agencies would have played a role in appointing the government in Bucharest, a scenario he described as an infringement of “national sovereignty”.

“If Nicușor Dan lied, it is disqualifying and he has just been demoted from the role of Carol II to the role of a buffoon. If Nicușor Dan did not lie, it follows that the rating agencies appoint governments in Romania with the complicity of the head of state himself, and this means the end of national sovereignty,” Peiu wrote on Facebook.

Peiu also cited statements by the former American ambassador to Athens, Kimberly Guilfoyle, about an alleged intervention by the United States in changing the Bolojan government, statements that were reportedly followed by the diplomat’s resignation.

Finally, the AUR leader argued that the president’s statements would demonstrate that the popular vote and parliamentary arithmetic matter less than the influence of the rating agencies, and described the situation as unacceptable in a democracy. Petrișor Peiu’s accusations were not accompanied, in the quoted text, by any additional evidence.