The no-confidence motion against the Dancila cabinet, initiated by the National Liberal Party and backed by the Save Romania Union and the People’s Movement Party, was read out in a plenary session of Parliament on Monday and will be debated and voted upo
The government formed by the Social Democratic Party and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats is this week taking the test of a no-confidence motion in Parliament. Initiated by the National Liberal Party and backed by the Save Romania Union and the People's Movement Party, the no-confidence motion against the Dancila cabinet was read out in a plenary session of Parliament on Monday and will be debated and voted upon on Wednesday. The government is criticised, among others, for the changes brought to the Code of Criminal Procedure, by limiting the role of the Romanian President, and for the negative economic evolution.
Liberal MP Robert Sighartau, the one who presented the document in Parliament, has said the current cabinet has taken the inflation rate to 5.4%, a record high in the past five years. The signatories to the document also claim the country's fiscal policy has been ruined by frequent changes to the Fiscal Code. The text of the motion also shows that the much promised highways have not been built in infrastructure, investments have been ignored in research and education, and pay rises in the healthcare system have left hospitals without minimal functioning resources.
Robert Sigartau: "The policy pursued by the Romanian Government in the social domain is guided by the principle 'take it from some and give it to others', because the Government is incapable of evenly distributing the potential wealth generated by economic growth. You do not have enough money to cover the payment of pensions and salaries by the end of the year, although you claim that the country registers economic growth."
The Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania has announced that it will decide whether or not it will endorse the no-confidence motion, whereas the leader of the non-affiliated MPs, former Social Democratic PM Victor Ponta, currently the president of the newly set up ProRomânia Party, said they want the current cabinet to be replaced, but not in any circumstances.
In their turn, the representatives of the ethnic minorities and at least theoretically even a part of the Social-Democrats might tilt the balance during the voting, against the backdrop of the new situation created in the party after their leader, Liviu Dragnea, was handed a prison sentence by the court of first instance. However, Dragnea claims the no-confidence motion will not be passed by Parliament, as on the voting day the Social-Democrats will ensure the session quorum, but will refrain from voting.
Liviu Dragnea: "We will be present, as many of us as necessary to ensure the session quorum, but we will not vote. Let them secure the necessary number of votes if they initiated the no-confidence motion. Why should we get involved in this move taken by the opposition? May they secure votes!"
The favourable votes of 233 MPs are needed for the motion to be passed and topple the Government that is some tens more than the overall number of votes cast by the National Liberal Party, the Save Romania Union and the People's Movement Party MPs.
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