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| A FIRST IN ROMANIA IN TERMS OF REFERENDA (25.04.2007) |
| (2007-04-25) |
| Last updated: 2007-04-25 15:36 EET |
Parliament’s decision on Tuesday deepened the tension between the supporters of the suspended president and his adversaries. The bone of contention is what happens if the referendum is not valid. The Social Democratic Party, with the biggest number of MPs in the two chambers, came up with an amendment which sparked off heated debates. It says that if turnout is lower than half plus one of the total number of voters, as provided for in the Constitution, Parliament will decide what’s to be done next. Under the circumstances, the president remains suspended awaiting a second referendum. Basescu’s supporters say a low turnout leading to the invalidation of the referendum only means that the suspended president can come back to office. The Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party left the room while the controversial was being voted in Parliament to protest against what they called a violation of the Constitution. They argued that a decision taken by Parliament cannot overrule the referendum law in force.
It’s true, however, that the infamous amendment takes advantage of the constitutional flaws. The Constitution says, for example, that unless the turnout is half plus one of the total number of voters, the referendum is not valid, There’s no mention, however, of what’s to happen next. Generally, the amendment passed by Parliament has not been received very well by the press. According to the daily Cotidianul, the anti-Basescu majority in Parliament wants to get to establish who wins the referendum. Re-interpreting Traian Basescu’s intention to be an active president, the daily Gandul headlines that the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party are preparing a constitution for a non-active president, while the daily Bursa argues that the parliament majority is counting on a low turnout in the referendum. It’s all very ambiguous, which gives rise to many questions and fears, as political analyst Iosif Boda pointed out in an interview to Radio Romania:
“I have my concerns about the way things are developing. On the one hand, we see an increasingly wider gap between parliamentarians and politicians, and a radicalization of people’s opinions, whether they are pro-Basescu and anti-Basescu. How did Basescu manage to antagonise two thirds of Romania’s Parliament, I wonder? What are the reasons that make political forces act together not on the basis of common ideologies and doctrines, but on the basis of their adversity for the president. I believe the suspended president should also ask himself some very serious questions. Also, political leaders should know what follows after May the 19th, or we will be in a situation that will cost us dearly.”
Political analyst Iosif Boda.
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