Romania’s Parliament To Continue Conf Vote Procedure For Education Bill

The Government sought a confidence vote in Parliament top pass the education bill late October after having pulled the bill from the Senate to speed up its adoption. The opposition submitted a no-confidence motion over the bill, which was never debated and put to the vote, while the Parliament continued its own adoption procedures.

The Constitutional Court, however, ruled recently the Government may go ahead with its procedure, which means the Parliament needs to vote on the motion of no-confidence.

Prime Minister Emil Boc, in Parliament Tuesday to seek a confidence vote for the unitary wage bill, urged lawmakers to introduce the procedure for the education bill on the daily agenda as well. The proposition passed with 183 votes in favor and one abstention, despite protest from opposition lawmakers.

Liberal lawmaker Eugen Nicolaescu said the procedure cannot be resumed because the no-confidence motion submitted over the education bill is no longer valid, as liberals withdrew their support for it.

The plenary session is attended by 284 out of 470 lawmakers.