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Romanian PM Says President Plans Velvet Dictatorship

Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Wednesday that President Basescu’s decision to appeal to the Constitutional Court the law on uninominal voting for which the government took responsibility reflects the head of state’s plans for a “velvet dictatorship” in Romania.
Romanian PM Says President Plans Velvet Dictatorship
21 nov. 2007, 14:13, English
He said that an appeal to the Constitutional Court was the president’s last resort to hinder the coming into force of the law introducing a uninominal voting system.
 
Tariceanu added the president wants to instate a dictatorship, using the Democratic Party.
 
President Traian Basescu appealed Wednesday with the Constitutional Court the law on the uninominal voting system for which the government assumed responsibility in Parliament.