Romanian Lawmakers’ Prosecution Approval Procedures Deemed Unconstitutional

The Constitutional Court decided article 155 section 3 of the Chamber of Deputies Regulation and article 150 section 3 of the Senate Regulation are unconstitutional and suspended the respective provisions.

 

Article 155 section 3 of the Chamber of Deputies Regulation states that prosecution requests for government members are approved with a two-third majority of all deputies, which goes against the Constitution, which states that ordinary laws and decisions are adopted with a majority of lawmakers present at the plenary meeting of each chamber of Parliament, the Court said in a press release.

 

For the same reason, the Court deemed unconstitutional the provision on the Senate Regulation which stated that prosecution requests for government members are approved with a majority of all senators.