Hungarian Minority Party Will Not Vote The Opposition’s No-Confidence Motion Against The Government

Hunor said that the opposition “is either not prepared to govern or does not want to”, and that it did not present an alternative prime minister or governing program for the situation in which the motion succeeds.

“At this moment it would be impossible to vote a no-confidence motion in these conditions, as it would be almost impossible to vote against the no-confidence motion, because it would mean that we agree with what the Government is doing. We are not talking about parties or the ruling coalition, the motion is referring to the Government. Our decision is to be present and not vote,” said the UDMR leader.

Kelemen Hunor also added that, from the party’s information, the chances for the motion to pass are very low, stating that the opposition would need 70 votes over the number of signatures it was filed with to pass.

The no-confidence motion, signed by 163 MPs, was filed last Friday and is scheduled to be debated and voted in Thursday’s combined plenary meeting of the two chambers of the Romanian Parliament, due to begin at 10.00 local time.