After two days of talks, president
\nKlaus Iohannis has announced that he has proposed all political parties the
\nsigning of a political pact for European Romania. The signatories should pledge
\nthat all their actions will fully respect the principles of the European
\nvalues, fundamental rights and liberties, democracy and the rule of law. The
\ninitiator of the referendum held on the 26th of May, president
\nIohannis has explained what the next steps could be after the pact is signed:<\/p>\n
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Putting into law the interdiction
\nto grant amnesty and pardon for corruption-related crimes, putting into law a
\nban on the issue of emergency orders by the government in the field of crimes,
\npenalties and judicial organisation, correlated with the right of other
\nconstitutional authorities to refer the government’s orders straight to the
\nConstitutional Court, as well as putting into law the necessary measures to
\nensure the integrity of public offices and the revision of the justice laws
\nonly while fully respecting the recommendations of the Venice Commission and
\nthe European Commission.<\/p>\n
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The governing Social Democratic
\nParty (PSD) says it only found out about the president’s intentions from his
\npress conference and not from the talks. The party’s spokesman Mihai Fifor told
\na TV station that a decision in this respect would be taken by the party
\nleadership on Friday. Mihai Fifor:<\/p>\n
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PSD is looking for a way to
\nimplement the referendum. PSD has understood very well the wish of the Romanian
\npeople and their vote in the referendum, but the pact specifically was not
\nbrought up during the talks. Such a decision will be discussed by the party
\nleadership bodies, more precisely by the executive committee in a meeting on
\nFriday.<\/p>\n
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Calin Popescu Tariceanu, the leader
\nof the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE), whose party is in the ruling
\ncoalition, also said he was surprised by the president’s proposal given that no
\nmention was made of the pact during the talks. He says the idea distorts the
\nmeaning of the referendum. Calin Popescu Tariceanu:<\/p>\n
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This announcement does nothing,
\nfrom what the president says, but distort the sense of the referendum. The
\nreferendum was clear, it was about justice and was in no way about Romania’s
\nEuropean path or pro-European orientation, which I don’t think anyone has
\nquestioned, as Romania is one of the countries with the highest rates of
\nsupport for the European project. So, I would like to reiterate that this is a distortion
\nof what the referendum was about.<\/p>\n
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The National Liberal Party (PNL),
\nthe main party in the opposition, has announced that it will sign the political
\npact for European Romania and will campaign for the application of the pact.
\nThe president of the party, Ludovic Orban:<\/p>\n
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We fully support the ideas in this
\npact and all the solutions proposed by the Romanian president to implement the
\nwill of the Romanian citizens. We call on all political parties in Romania to
\nsupport this pact, and those who until now have attacked the independence of
\nthe judiciary, the European values and principles and the rule of law in
\nRomania must understand that it’s over.<\/p>\n
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The Save Romania Union believes the
\nreform of the Constitution should be more comprehensive, while the Democratic
\nUnion of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania has proposed that the Constitution should
\nban the use of emergency orders. We recall that on the 26th of May,
\nRomanians went to the ballots to vote in the European elections and a referendum
\non changes proposed by the president in the area of justice. Of the 7 million
\nwho cast their votes for the referendum, 6.5 million were in favour, thus
\nrejecting changes to the legislation using emergency orders and amnesty and
\npardon for acts of corruption. <\/p>\n
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