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\nWednesday sent to Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu a letter asking him to
\nabrogate the emergency ordinance on amending the Penal and Penal Procedure
\nCodes the government adopted on Tuesday night. The president believes the
\nExecutive’s move has deep negative effects on the functioning of the rule of
\nlaw, the anti-graft fight and the integrity of public jobs. Also on Wednesday,
\nthe Higher Council of the Magistrates (CSM) decided to notify the
\nConstitutional Court on an institutional conflict between the state
\nauthorities. President Iohannis has held talks with CSM members on this issue.
\nAccording to the president, the magistrates have been outraged by the way in
\nwhich the government has addressed such a sensitive issue, the amending of the
\npenal legislation through an emergency ordinance at night and without the CSM’s
\nnotification. The opposition parties, the National Liberal Party and the USR, on
\nWednesday tabled a censure motion in Parliament under the title The Grindeanu
\ngovernment – the government of national defiance. Don’t legalize theft in
\nRomania. MPs from the People’s Movement Party said they would join the
\ninitiative. Romanian capital Bucharest has again seen a series of protest
\nrallies against the government ordinance. On Tuesday night thousands took to
\nthe streets of Bucharest and other Romanian cities to protest the Executive’s
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\nin Brussels, Jean-Claude Juncker, and First Vice-President, Frans Timmermans,
\nhave told the government in Bucharest that the anti-graft fight must advance
\nand not be undermined. They have called into attention the fact that the
\nirreversibility of the progress in the anti-graft fight is essential to allow
\nthe Commission to take into consideration the gradual elimination of monitoring
\nRomania through the Mechanism of Cooperation and Verification. The German
\ngovernment said it was looking with some concern into the latest developments
\nin Romania and that by issuing the ordinance on amending the Penal Code, the
\nRomanian government has ignored the major concerns voiced by the Romanian
\npresident, the country’s legal system and a large part of its population’. The
\nAmerican Chamber of Commerce in Romania, AmCham, has voiced profound disappointment
\ntowards the procedure of adopting the provisions and effects of the emergency
\nordinance on amending the Penal Codes. Its adoption in a non-transparent manner
\nin spite of the viewpoints and recommendations given by competent institutions
\nare discrediting the executive, at the same time sending a strong signal of
\ndistrust and uncertainty both at the domestic and foreign level, the AmCham
\nsaid. <\/p>\n
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\nto the draft law on the state budget and social insurances in 2017 until Friday
\nmorning while the budget-finance committees are to convene on Saturday and
\nSunday to issue a report on these two drafts. On Monday, the Senate and the
\nChamber of Deputies will be hosting debates on the drafts and the final voting
\nis due on Tuesday. The draft state budget in 2017 has been drawn up in keeping
\nwith a 5.2% economic growth and a 3% deficit of the GDP. The government has
\nforecast an inflation rate below 1.4% and an unemployment rate of 4.3%.
\nAccording to finance minister Viorel Stefan, special heed will be paid to
\ninvestment, healthcare, education and infrastructure. <\/p>\n
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