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Romanian President Urges Lawmakers Again To Adopt Social Welfare, Magistrates Statute

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Monday has asked the Parliament again to speed up the adoption of the social welfare law, the bill amending the statute of Romanian magistrates, as well as the draft law applying the Criminal Code.
Romanian President Urges Lawmakers Again To Adopt Social Welfare, Magistrates Statute
Oana Gavrila
31 oct. 2011, 13:36, English

The head of state has sent a second letter to the heads of the two chambers of Parliament calling for the urgent adoption of the respective bills.

In a letter addressed to the Parliament on October 20, Basescu argued the welfare law needs to be adopted as soon as possible, to improve the country’s social assistance system and thus help meet commitments undertaken in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission, and the World Bank.

Debates on the social welfare bill have been stalling for several weeks on lack of quorum. Unless it is debated and put to the vote by November 3, the bill will be adopted tacitly in the Senate.

The bill amending the statute of magistrates was rejected by the Senate on October 5 with 52 to 48 votes and one abstention.