decision

Romanian liberal Senator Norica Nicolai, nominated for the position of justice minister, stated that if the Constitutional Court "maintained Basescu’s reasons regarding immorality" regarding her, she would turn to the European Court for Human Rights.

Over 300 people gathered in Bucharest’s Universitatii Square to protest against the Constitutional Court decision on the unconstitutional functioning of the National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives.

Most of the employees within Romania’s communist Securitate archive study authority CNSAS want to go on strike, starting Saturday, protesting against the decision of the Constitutional Court, which dubbed the CNSAS law unconstitutional, said CNSAS member Ticu Dumitrescu.

The leaders of the Romanian Parliament decided Monday that the committees for legal matters must debate the law introducing the uninominal voting system, for which the government assumed responsibility, so that the law will be in agreement with the decision of the Constitutional Court.

Romanian president Traian Basescu accuses Chamber Speaker Bogdan Olteanu of stopping the publishing, in the Official Gazette, of the Constitutional Court decision on the special Commission, keeping the head of state from making a decision regarding the ministers targeted by prosecutors.

Romania’s Social Democratic Party, or PSD, on Monday decided to remain in opposition instead of forming a possible government alliance with the liberals, PSD head Mircea Geoana said.