The Chamber Plenum has rejected the law project regarding the approval of the Decree that was supposed to ratify the Romanian-Hungarian agreement about the initiation of the Gojdu Foundation. It is the first time when a bilateral agreement is rejected by the Parliament.
Yesterdayâs atmosphere in the Deputiesâ Chamber included screaming, fraud accusations, and insults. The result of the final vote showed that, out of the 177 deputies in the room, 88 voted "for", 83 voted "against" and 4 couldnât decide. The rules say the abstentions count as votes against, the meeting president, Lucian Bolcas (GRP), announced the fact that the decree has passed by only one vote. The Power was happy for a little while. SDP member Ioan Bivolaru contested the result of the vote, because the decree needed 89 votes, half plus one, in order to pass. After looking at the rules, the meeting president Lucian Bolcas, announced the decree didnât pass and he wouldnât send it to the Senate. He stated that the problem came from the fact that 2 of the 177 deputies didnât vote, and, given the circumstances, the number of the votes "against" together with the abstentions has been greater than the number of the votes "for".
SURPRISE
The leader of the democrat deputies, Cristian Radulescu, said, in his turn,: "I am surprised by the fact that the agreement didnât pass. We, the members of the Alliance, decided to vote for the compromise formula, meaning that the Gojdu Foundation in Sibiu wouldnât lose its pretension right". However, he looked surprised to have seen six of his deputy colleagues vote "against" the agreement. "No comment, we will discuss all about it in our parliamentary groupâs meeting", Radulescu said. He stated there were representatives from all the parties in the Alliance. The two deputies that didnât vote were also members of the Alliance - T
