According to media reports, Dragnea made his decision after three nominations he made were rejected both by his own Social Democratic Party (PSD) and its coalition partner, the Liberal Democrats.
Prema izveštajima medija, Dragnea je doneo tu odluku nakon što su tri kandidata koja je on predložio odbačena od strane njegove Socijaldemokratske partije (PSD) i njenog koalicionog partnera, liberalnih demokrata.