early elections

The Government might adopt an emergency decree for calling early elections, sources have said for MEDIAFAX. The Executive would make this decision because, in case of dismissal by a no-confidence vote, it could no longer issue an emergency decree, as it would have an interim status.

Potential early elections in Romania brought forth by delays in forming a new government quickly could weaken the domestic currency leu to around 4.5-4.6 units per euro and put off foreign aid beyond March 2010, according to a report from ING Bank released Tuesday.

Romania’s future president, whoever he may be, won’t be able to dissolve the Parliament if it rejects a second proposed Government, because the president’s prerogatives in relation with Parliament only last throughout one term, Constitutional Court judge Ion Predescu told Romanian daily Gandul.

The vice-president of Romania’s ruling Liberal Party, Teodor Atanasiu, told a news conference on Sunday the party is not afraid of early elections, but is not keen on triggering them either.

Romania’s former president, social democrat Ion Iliescu, said Thursday nobody is interested in having early elections during an election year when the top priority is the organization of legislative elections.

Romanian Social Democratic Party resident Mircea Geoana, stated at the end of the party’s Executive Committee meeting that, in his opinion, the only solution to overcome the political "standstill" generated by the president and the prime minister would be early parliament elections.