"I have carefully weighed the pro and con arguments and I have decided not to appoint Mrs Sevil Shhaideh," Iohannis told reporters. "As a result, I am asking the PSD and (coalition partner) ALDE to make a new proposal."
Together with its long-time ally Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE), the PSD has an outright majority in parliament with 250 members in the 465-seat two-house assembly, allowing them to easily give their government a vote of confidence and pass legislation.
Liviu Dragnea, chairman of PSD, was banned from being premier because he has a conviction for election fraud.
Coming from Muslim and Turkish descent, Shhaideh, who was nominated by PSD and ALDE, would be the country`s first female prime minister if appointed by the president.
Romania`s President Iohannis rejects leftists` candidate Shhaideh for PM
28 December 2016
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Romania`s President Klaus Iohannis rejected the leftist Social Democrat Party`s (PSD) proposal to name Sevil Shhaideh for prime minister designate, he said on Tuesday.
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