President Traian Basescu talked about the revision of the Constitution in a press conference today. The President sent, on Wednesday, to the Legislative Council, the draft law revising the Constitution for approval.

Here are his statements

I want you to know the way the draft law project takes now that I sent it to the Legislative Council. It needs to get its approval.

Considering that there are not very important modifications, I think we will have the approval next week. Then, the project will be sent to the Constitutional Court where they have 10 days to decide. Then, it will be sent to the Parliament

I estimate that I will be able to send the project to the Parliament before the summer break, between June 20 -30.

I will also send the project to all political parties after the Legislative Council approves it, for their information

I will also request to address the Parliament in the third decade of the month to inform the Parliament about my opinion on the revision

I count on the responsibility of the Parliament and I say responsibility because the main reason of the modification is related to the 2009 referendum, when over 80% of the Romanians opted for a unicameral Parliament and for 300 members in the Parliament

The Parliament needs to respect the sovereignty of the people

There are many people tempted to talk about my personal interest. These modifications cannot affect my mandate, I cannot benefit from the possible new changes in the Constitution

My proposals stem from the results of the referendum from the experience of almost two mandates and the wish to correct what is unclear in the Constitution

It is also necessary to have an update on Romania’s membership to NATO and the EU

The modifications put forward:

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