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| THE FIGHT FOR THE UNINOMINAL VOTE(17.10.2007) |
| (2007-10-17) |
| Last updated: 2007-10-18 11:45 EET |
The letter sent to Parliament by Romania’s President, Traian Basescu, in which he calls on the legislative to send him the Uninominal Vote Law for promulgation, by October the 22nd , seems to have taken the political class out of inertia, the more so as the uninominal vote is seen as a means to purge, to heal this political class, to make it healthier.
The parliamentary committee with competence in drafting the Electoral Code on Tuesday finalised the report on this draft law, which is to be submitted to the Senate for debate. The process wouldn’t have been so lengthy, if parliamentary parties had taken concrete steps instead of expressing, only in statements, their readiness to embrace this voting system. In reality, disputes between parties have had an impact on the mechanism of adopting this system.
Discontent with the MPs’ waste of time in debating the draft, Traian Basescu has sent a letter to the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate, respectively, to announce them that in case he doesn’t receive the law for promulgation by October the 22nd, he will issue a decree to held a national referendum on the introduction of the uninominal vote.
The Senate’s Bureau has been annoyed by the tone of the letter, describing Basescu’s phrase “I drew attention” as an attempt to impose deadlines or ultimatums on parliament. It is obvious however that the law cannot be forwarded to the president by October the 22nd, the deadline set by the president, because it should first be debated by both chambers.
Additionally, Traian Basescu’s reaction is viewed differently by political parties. The pro-presidential Democratic Party claims that the referendum can be organised concurrently with the European Parliament election, due on November the 25th, whereas the other parties categorically reject the idea. They consider that a referendum held simultaneously with the first European Parliament election in Romania’s history would implicitly offer political support to the Democratic Party, which is now at the top of the electorate’s preferences.
On a visit to Bucharest, the President of the European Parliament, Hans Gert Pottering on Tuesday said he saw no inconvenience in Romania’s organising a referendum simultaneously with the European Parliament election. The statement complicates even more the parliamentary parties’ procedural frenzy. President Basescu’s opponents try to block his plans in parliament, by hastily changing the referendum law; the law has been amended four times so far, for the same reasons.
(Valentin Tigau)
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