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| THE GOVERNMENT UNDER PRESSURE 09/06/2010 |
| (2010-06-09) |
| Last updated: 2010-06-10 16:37 EET |
The motion of censure, also backed by the Conservative Party, an ally of the Social Democrats, and by the opposition Liberals, was lodged on Monday, the day when the government coalition made up of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania asked Parliament for a vote of confidence on two laws that include draconic austerity measures.
Meant to bring budget stability, as the executive claims, the measures refer to slashing salaries in the public sector by 25% and pensions by 15%, decisions that have taken trade unionists and pensioners to the streets.
In a show of solidarity with the protesters, the Social Democratic Party denies the efficiency and social fairness of such measures, claiming that Romania’s financial troubles are actually generated by the political clientele of the Liberal Democratic Party. The Social Democrats say the enforcement of the announced reductions will drastically diminish the purchasing power of state employees, of pensioners and of other disadvantaged categories. They also accuse the government of using a paragraph in the Constitution on national security as a pretext for imposing initiatives that will affect the country on long term. The leader of the Social Democratic Party, Victor Ponta, believes the motion of censure is quite likely to be passed:
“If you don’t agree with the Boc government’s actions you can resort to a motion of censure which is the moment of truth. After the motion is passed, we’ll end talks with those who voted against the people”.
This is a transparent warning to those MPs who hesitate to vote against the government, where they form the majority, even though they deny the validity of the government’s austerity plan. The members of the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania say they will reject the motion, while the National Union for the Progress of Romania – made up of defectors from the Social Democratic and Liberal parties – promises to continue to support the government. They justify their choice saying that they managed to persuade the Liberal Democrats to amend the austerity plan. The head of the National Union for the Progress of Romania, Marian Sarbu, is the former labor minister designated by the Social Democrats.
“ We don’t support this motion of censure because the basic social standards that we fought for have been maintained- such as the minimum guaranteed social pension, the minimum average salary, the minimum guaranteed income and the child allowance”.
For the motion to pass, it needs to be voted by 236 MPs out of a total of 471. The opposition can gather 212 votes at the most, but the press speculates that the cabinet risks being ousted by the votes of some of the Liberal Democrats in the governing coalition. The uninominal voting system, introduced at the parliamentary elections of 2008, has brought a change of attitude among MPs who are more concerned than ever to maintain a good relationship with their voters.
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