PSD deputy Lucian Morar on Friday announced he is leaving the party over the administrative-territorial reform, saying he is a “dissident for Maramureș” and will never accept the county’s administrative disappearance, HotNews reports citing News.ro.

“I will never agree with Maramureș county disappearing administratively,” Morar wrote on Facebook, criticizing plans to fold it into a Cluj-centred region.

Talks stem from a proposal by PSD MEP Dragoș Benea keyed to Romania’s 15 Courts of Appeal; in one variant Maramureș would join a region centred on Cluj-Napoca with Bistrița-Năsăud and Sălaj.

Morar accused top local politicians of silence and said he will not join those who stay quiet for fear of national party leaders.

On Antena 3 CNN he first confirmed the resignation, then said he had not yet spoken with national PSD leadership; he talked with Maramureș PSD chair Gabriel Zetea, who would try to keep the county standalone.

Sorin Grindeanu said Wednesday the reform is still a Benea proposal with no internal party debate yet, aimed at better services and lower state costs.

Benea told G4Media that county reorganization must be part of the reform, citing the Courts of Appeal map as a possible starting point, not a fixed number of units.

PSD deputy announces resignation over administrative reform — HotNews

Image: Wikimedia Commons — Maramureș / Cernești landscape (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Sources consulted: PSD deputy announces resignation over administrative reform — HotNews.