Romania's opposition called on President Traian Basescu Wednesday to drop the nomination of the economist Lucian Croitoru as prime minister and to appoint instead Klaus Iohannis, mayor of the city of Sibiu. In a statement, 252 opposition lawmakers demanded that 'Romania's president designate Klaus Iohannis as candidate for the prime minister position as he is supported by an absolute and transparent majority in parliament'. This official declaration was made a few days before Croitoru's deadline to present his government team before the parliament and ask for a vote of confidence. The centre-right government of Prime Minister Emil Boc, head of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), collapsed last week following a no-confidence vote by the three main opposition parties, the Social democrats (PSD), the Liberals (PNL) and the ethnic Hungarian UMDR party. If Croitoru fails to get parliament's vote of confidence, President Basescu said he would either designate a PDL member to set up the new government or maintain the toppled government in place until after the presidential election, which is to take place in two rounds on November 22 and December 6. 