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| (2012-07-14) |
| Last updated: 2012-07-16 13:19 EET |
Crin Antonescu serves as Romania’s interim president
Romania’s Constitutional Court takes paramount decisions
PM Victor Ponta explained in Brussels the political situation in Romania.
Extremely poor results at this year’ baccalaureate exam.
And a new heat wave affects Romania.
Crin Antonescu serves as Romania’s interim president
Romanian Senate President Crin Antonescu has taken over as Romania’s interim president, in line with constitutional provisions, following Traian Basescu’s suspension. Antonescu said that his obligations as interim president were to ensure compliance with the Constitution and state laws, as well as to overlook and guarantee the fulfillment of Romania’s domestic and foreign commitments. He underlined his aim was to convey to Romanians both abroad and at home that the country was democratic state observing the rule of law, with institutions operating optimally, and that president Basescu’s suspension was legitimate, although carried out through an exceptional procedure. Crin Antonescu gave assurances that during his term as interim president, he would not modify the leading bodies of the National Anticorruption Directorate and the Prosecutor’s Office. The ruling Social Liberal Union, the initiators of the request to suspend president Traian Basescu, accused the latter of violating the separation of powers, pressuring the justice system and failing to fulfill his obligations as mediator in the Romanian society. Basescu denied these allegations, claiming that the Union was trying to manipulate state institutions and the justice system.
Romania’s Constitutional Court takes paramount decisions
Through decisions announced earlier this week, the Constitutional Court in Romania ruled in favour of most measures taken by the Social Liberal Union. The Court deemed constitutional the dismissals of the heads of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, as well as the Ombudsman. The Court also decreed that the procedure to suspend Romanian president Traian Basescu was legitimate, and the law on modifying the referendum was constitutional, in case of a voter turnout of at least 50 percent plus 1. Power and opposition representatives view the Court’s decisions differently. Some voices within the social Liberal Union claim the referendum should be held on the basis of a government ordinance stipulating that the president can be dismissed with 50 percent plus 1 of participating voters. Eugen Nicolaescu, a deputy with the National Liberal Party, said:
Eugen Nicolaescu: “Right now, the Social Liberal Union needs to refer the Constitutional Court’s rulings to the Venice Commission. It violates European standards and, more importantly, recommendations issued by the Venice Commission, according to which 50 percent plus one of eligible voters must take part in the referendum.
In turn, Liberal-Democrat senior vice-president Cezar Preda said that:
Cezar Preda: “The decision stipulates the Romanian president can only be removed from office with a voter turnout of 50 percent plus 1, which is tantamount to some 9 million people. The Constitutional Court has ruled against the Social Liberals’ draft law and against PM Ponta’s emergency ordinance”.
PM Victor Ponta explained in Brussels the political situation in Romania.
The Romanian PM, Victor Ponta, paid a 2-day visit to Brussels to explain the latest political developments in Romania. He gave assurances to the community leaders that Romania was a European democratic state that observes the Constitution and the rule of law. He added that the Romanian government would organize the July 29th referendum for the impeachment of President Traian Basescu in accordance with the law and taking into consideration the decision of the Constitutional Court. The European leaders called on the Romanian government to respect the independence of the judiciary, to restore the attributions of the Constitutional Court and to make sure its decisions are applied. They also called on the Romanian government to appoint as Ombudsman a person who should be supported by all political parties, to ensure a new, transparent and open procedure for the appointment of the head of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate and to make integrity a political priority.
Extremely poor results at this year’ baccalaureate exam.
Students have got very poor results in this year’s baccalaureate exam, even poorer than last year, with more than 50 thousand students across Romania failing to pass the baccalaureate exam. There are high schools where no student passed the baccalaureate exam and localities where only one student passed the exam.
In Ilfov country, near Bucharest, 15% of the pupils passed the exam while only 43% of pupils passed the baccalaureate exam at national level. Education Minister Ecaterina Andronescu does not rule out the possibility of closing down the schools where pupils got very poor results. She tried to explain the causes that led to this situation:
Ecaterina Andronescu: “We have these poor results because school is no longer valued as it should, it no longer has the place it deserves and that it should have in any society. We should appoint competent people who know what an education system should be like. “
This was the first year when surveillance cameras were introduced in classrooms at the baccalaureate exam.
A new heat wave affects Romania.
Code yellow and orange alerts have been in place in Romania this week as well. The south of the country was mainly affected, with temperatures reaching 39 degrees C. Traffic of vehicles heavier than 7.5 tons was restricted in the areas under code orange alert. Rail traffic was also affected. Meteorologists don’t have good news for the coming days either. They announced the scorcher would continue for another week.
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