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Romanian Parl Legal Committee Purges Unconstitutional Provisions From Austerity Law Pack

The joint committee for legal matters in Romania’s Parliament adopted Monday evening favorable reports on the austerity law package, eliminating the articles slashing or recalculating public pensions which were ruled unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court.
Romanian Parl Legal Committee Purges Unconstitutional Provisions From Austerity Law Pack
28 iun. 2010, 20:27, English

The committee’s members eliminated the provisions reducing pensions and remuneration for caretakers of disabled pensioners by 15%, and setting the pension point at 622.9 lei (RON4.3257), deemed unconstitutional, from article 9 of the Law concerning measures to re-establish budgetary balance.

The joint committee also eliminated the provisions of article 1 letter „c” of the Law concerning certain measures in the field of pensions, which involved the recalculation of magistrates’ pensions. The committee also amended related articles which made reference to the unconstitutional provisions.

Romania’s Constitutional Court ruled last Friday that some of the austerity measures for which the Government received a confidence vote in Parliament are unconstitutional, namely those referring to pension reductions.