Romania’s Opp May Submit Another No-Confidence Motion During Current Session – Party Leader

Romanian social democrat leader Victor Ponta said Tuesday, after the no-confidence motion against the Government was rejected, that the opposition may submit a second motion in the current Parliament session, adding the party will do its utmost to fight against the Government’s austerity plan.

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Ponta said the current Government lacks legitimacy, considering that only 197 lawmakers voted against the motion and 228 lawmakers voted for its adoption. He stressed that such a Government can do nothing good for the country, adding the head of state should urge Prime Minister Emil Boc to resign.

Romania's centrist democrat liberal Government stays in office after surviving the opposition's no-confidence motion, which received 228 votes in Parliament on Tuesday but required 236 to pass, and may enforce its unpopular austerity plan.

The Romanian Government has devised an austerity plan made up of two laws, which stipulate a 25% cut of public sector wages and a 15% pension cut. The plan should help the recession-hit country bring its economy on track and convince the International Monetary Fund to disburse further installments of the EUR20 billion rescue package agreed on last year.

The austerity measures will now be passed into legislation, since the Cabinet has not been dismissed. The opposition still has plans to attack the laws before the Constitutional Court to prevent their enforcement.

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