Senate Chairman: Coalition Did Not Discuss Criminal Codes Decree

“I did not see the emergency decree, we did not discuss the subject within the coalition. I will not discuss hypothetical situations (…) I am convinced that the Justice Minister will come to inform us of his point of view and after that I will tell you my opinion,” Tariceanu said on Tuesday.

Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced on Monday that the Government will look into the opportunity of passing an emergency decree amending the country’s criminal codes with provisions declared constitutional from two previously rejected parliamentary bills.

According to Dancila, a decision on the subject was unanimously reached during Monday’s executive committee meeting of the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD).

She added that provisions declared unconstitutional will be debated in the Parliament.

Romania’s Constitutional Court ruled in October that two bills passed by the Parliament, which amended the country’s Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code, were unconstitutional in most of their provisions, following challenges made by President Klaus Iohannis, the Supreme Court and opposition parties.

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