The Senate Plenum majority voted for a simple motion against Monica Macovei. Even if the Senate’s Standing Order is ambiguous as far as this chapter is concerned, the Constitution is clear: the simple motion, even if voted by the Senate, doesn’t necessarily lead to the resignation of a Minister. From this point of view, the Senate’s Bureau made a mistake, by approving the debate of a Motion that asked for the resignation of Monica Macovei. The Constitution leaves the final decision regarding the resignation of Monica Macovei to the PM. Calin Popescu Tariceanu is in a complicated situation now. If he asks Monica Macovei to resign, he might cause a fatal crisis in the governing coalition, because she has the full support of the democrats. If he doesn’t ask for her resignation, the Opposition will start the proceedings for a Censor Motion. However, the PM chose a different way to get out of this situation.

Taking advantage of the fact that NLP (the National Liberal Party) filed in a request at the Constitutional Court regarding the 2nd paragraph of the 157th article in the Senate’s Standing Order, he postponed his decision until the appearance of the answer from the Constitutional Court, which could go either way. Theoretically, this article should be declared as unconstitutional. This means that the request for resignation through a simple Motion should be declared as unconstitutional. This is how it should happen in a normal country.

However, Romania is not a normal country at all. This is a Latin country with Balkan and communist relics. Therefore, Monica Macovei, instead of taking a break and asking herself what she did wrong and what she should do to improve the relationship with the Parliament, with the PM and the Justice, started a Traian Basescu-like counterattack. With official communiqués released by the Ministry of Justice, statements a