Political agreements for the new Government

political agreements for the new government The National Liberal Party has signed agreements that guarantee the necessary number of votes in support of their new Government

Parliament's special committees on Tuesday started hearing the candidates nominated by Prime Minister designate Ludovic Orban for his new Government. Scheduled over the course of two days, the hearings will be followed by an investiture vote in Parliament's plenary sitting on Monday, November 4. The first to appear before Parliament's special committee was the Ministry of European Funds candidate.  Also on Tuesday, candidates aspiring for the Ministries of Health, Culture or National Defense were also interviewed. The opinions presented by Parliament's special committees are purely consultative. A great deal of attention surrounded the hearing of the Finance Ministry candidate, amongst rumors that the Orban Cabinet will introduce very strict austerity measures, such as salary slashes or layoffs in the public sector. Meanwhile, Ludovic Orban expressed confidence his new Cabinet will get the necessary support in Parliament, after signing agreements with several parliamentary parties. The Liberal Cabinet is therefore expected to get the 233 necessary votes in Monday's investiture vote, which would be enough to replace the outgoing Dancila Cabinet. After signing political protocols and agreements with Save Romania Union, the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians, the People's Movement Party, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats and the group of national minorities, Ludovic Orban pointed out:


"We have currently secured more than the 233 votes needed to invest the new Government. Surely, negotiations will continue, because we want to secure a margin of error to provide for unexpected absences".


Under the political agreement between the National Liberal Party and Save Romania Union, the two sides have committed to support the latter's citizens' initiative to ban people convicted in court from holding public office, as well as to vote for the election of local authorities in two separate ballots. The agreement signed with the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians stipulates the new Government will not pass any emergency decrees in the justice or election fields. The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats also wants to modify the justice laws by means of Parliamentary debate and to ban MPs and local officials from switching parties. In turn, the People's Movement Party wants to eliminate special pensions, except for those of the military, and to re-launch relations with the Republic of Moldova. On the other hand, the PRO Romania Party, made up of dissidents of the Social-Democratic Party, claims it would decide whether or not it will take part in Monday's vote in Parliament after all candidates have been interviewed. The Social-Democrats say it will treat all candidates fairly in Parliament's special committees, although it will not attend Monday's vote, hoping it will fall through due to lack of quorum. 

(Translated by V. Palcu)


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