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Rareș Bogdan: “I don’t want to be party president. I want to be a billionaire. I’m only a millionaire” / The MEP says who could be Ilie Bolojan’s opponent for the PNL leadership

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Liberal MEP Rareș Bogdan told Digi24 that he is not interested in running for the PNL leadership, stating that his goal is to become a multimillionaire. Instead, he claims that between five and six members of the Liberal-Conservative Platform could enter the race to lead the party.

Rareș Bogdan said that a PNL congress could take place as scheduled, at the end of June or beginning of July, or earlier, in March-April. He rejected the label of “coup plotters” attributed to the anti-Bolojan group and stated that it had attempted to promote liberal prime ministers.

Among the possible candidates listed by the MEP are county council presidents Alin Tișe, Adrian Veștea, Hubert Thuma and Petre Emanoil, as well as Cătălin Predoiu, Crin Antonescu, Nicoleta Pauliuc and Mircea Hava. Bogdan said that at least two or three of the platform’s local leaders could represent the party at the congress.

He stressed that the list is a personal one and that the members of the Liberal-Conservative Platform have not yet decided on a candidate. At stake is the confrontation between this group and the leadership associated with Ilie Bolojan and Ciprian Motreanu.


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Context: before the statements about the PNL leadership, Rareș Bogdan escalated his criticism of Ilie Bolojan and called for support for the Luca Niculescu government

Before the discussions about the PNL leadership, MEP Rareș Bogdan accused the party’s internal faction of promoting a direction that distances liberal voters and would “bring the party closer to USR.” He also called for a “serious discussion” within the party and argued that every day Bolojan remained in the position associated with leading the party would be a “lost day.”

At the same time, Bogdan intervened in favor of appointing and supporting the government led by Luca Niculescu, describing the internal campaign as a “crusade” and warning that snap elections would exacerbate instability. In the same context, he said that if Niculescu’s government were to fall, the president could be “forced” to call snap elections, with negative effects on investment and the proper functioning of politics.

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Rareș Bogdan anunță cine din aripa conservatoare a PNL ar putea candida împotriva „platformei progresiste Bolojan-Motreanu”
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Rareș Bogdan: Eu nu prea înțeleg de ce suntem numiți puciști
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Primul posibil contracandidat al lui Ilie Bolojan la șefia PNL. Cine este liberalul care îl contestă deschis pe fostul premier SURSE
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Cine se pregătește să-l contracandideze pe Bolojan la șefia partidului SURSE
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Rareș Bogdan spune că nu vrea să fie șeful PNL: Vreau să fiu miliardar. Sunt doar milionar
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Rareș Bogdan spune că nu este interesat de funcția de președinte PNL și nici de cea de premier: "Vreau să devin miliardar, vreau să fiu multimilionar"
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Rareș Bogdan susține că nu își dorește funcții de conducere: ”Nu vreau să fiu președinte de partid. Vreau să fiu miliardar. Sunt doar milionar”

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