Party of Free Change

Party of Free Change Partidul Liber-Schimbist
Abbreviation	PLS
President	Ștefan Cazimir [ro] (1990–1992) Mircea Cornișteanu (1992–1996)
Secretary	Gheorghe Boșman
Founder	Octavian Andronic [ro]
Founded	February 6, 1990 (1990-02-06)
Dissolved	1996
Headquarters	Strada Transilvaniei, Sector 1, Bucharest[1]
Newspaper	Răcnetul Carpaților
Ideology	Satire Caragialism Extremism (official)
Politics of Romania Political parties Elections

The Party of Free Change (Romanian: Partidul Liber-Schimbist, PLS) was a satirical political party in Romania, founded by Octavian Andronic [ro] and with Ștefan Cazimir [ro] as its first president. Its name, message and symbols were overt references and homages to Ion Luca Caragiale, the classical Romanian humorist; building on an inside joke, its agenda praised opportunism and even encouraged members to leave the party. However, the PLS was also criticized for its alleged links with the ruling National Salvation Front (FSN), and for being one of the many groups which split the vote in the general election of 1990 and local ones of 1992. It won a seat in Chamber, taken by Cazimir, and several positions on local councils.

Changes in the electoral legislation signaled the PLS' decline—a rapid one, after Cazimir defected to the Social Democratic Party (PDSR; now PSD) in 1992. No seat was won by the party in the general elections of that year, and, although technically undissolvable according to its statutes, it eventually disappeared before the 1996 election. Theater director Mircea Cornișteanu was its second and last president.