Marian Neacșu faces parliamentary hearing as candidate for vice-premier and interior minister
PSD lawmaker Marian Neacșu, nominated for vice-premier and interior minister in the PSD-Nicuşor Dan-Luca Niculescu cabinet, is being questioned by parliamentary defense committees.
Marian Neacșu, a member of PSD and proposed vice-premier and interior minister in the upcoming PSD-Nicuşor Dan-Luca Niculescu government, appeared before parliamentary defense committees for a live hearing. He noted that he would be the first interior minister with a criminal conviction that was later overturned, and presented a program focused on protecting citizens, tackling domestic and school violence, and improving the ministry's financial footing.
Neacșu described the ministry's extensive resources, including numerous posts, vehicles and facilities, while acknowledging a shortfall in filled positions and an aging workforce. He called for a budget revision to sustain operations through year-end and urged a gender-balanced staffing structure. During the question period, PSD members discussed exclusive drug-trafficking powers of DIICOT, while PNL legislators asked for concrete steps on promised measures within two months and on regulating unsanctioned public gatherings.
Why it matters
The appointment could steer Romania's internal security agenda and marks a historic first for a rehabilitated official.
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