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| THE OPPOSITION REACTS BY TABLING NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION AGAINST GOVERNMENT 18/09/09 |
| (2009-09-18) |
| Last updated: 2009-09-21 18:51 EET |
Though they challenge all three bills and criticize the way in which the Government has promoted them, the Liberals, backed by the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania, the official reason for their tabling the no-confidence motion is the law on the single payment system for state employees. Apart for the political reasons behind their move, the Liberals argue that the final version of the law drawn up by Government violates the principle of social solidarity and discriminates among state employees. Liberal MP Eugen Nicolaescu:
’’We are supporting the reform of the Romanian public system, but not the one imposed by the government coalition made up of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party. Not at any cost, not if it impoverishes Romanians and not for electoral purposes to help president Basescu win a second term. We support the reform, but not in a year of economic crisis, not to impress the IMF and not in an election year.”
The opposition’s move is in line with the stand made public loud and clear by trade unions in the public sector, who are also unhappy with the single payment law and are determined to stick to their decision to go on a one-day strike at the beginning of October. President Traian Basescu urged state employees to call off the strike which he believes is useless. He pointed out that the laws proposed by the Government are seeking reform. On the other hand, the no-confidence motion needs to be supported by 236 senators and deputies. The opposition parties PNL and UDMR don’t have so many MPs but say they are counting on the wisdom of other MPs from the ruling parties, who could be convinced that is in Romania’s best interest to have this law blocked and the Government dissolved.
Unofficial rumours suggest a plot according to which, the Liberal Democrats, who cannot file a no-confidence motion against the Government they are part of, will take advantage of the motion to get rid of the Social Democrats, their coalition partners. Problems between the Liberal Democrats and the Social Democrats, worsened by PM Emil Boc’s wish to request parliament to hold a no-confidence vote on the three bills, have turned the partnership between the two parties into a bad joke.
However, the aforementioned scenario seems to be refuted by logic and common sense. If the Liberal Democrats cannot file a no-confidence motion against the Government they are part of, how could they justify supporting it? And yet, two months ahead of the presidential elections, decisive for the future political configuration, nothing seems impossible.
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