The calendar of the censorship motions deposited by gold, can also SOS Romania, an unprecedented situation in Romania policy / when voted

The opposition consisting of gold, can and SOS Romania submitted the four censorship motions against the Bolojan government on Wednesday evening, after 10:00 pm. The debate and vote on the motions will take place on Sunday, from 1:00 pm, according to the official calendar set on Wednesday evening and obtained by Hotnews.

After the opposition submitted the four censorship motions against the draft laws that Ilie Bolojan assumed on Monday in the Parliament (less the one regarding the pensions of the magistrates), the regulation stipulates that they must be read in the plenary of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate within 5 days from the date of submission.

The management of the Parliament has decided to be read in plenary on Thursday, from 11:00. For this moment there is no need for quorum, so it is expected that at the time of reading the censorship motions in the plenary, there is no large number of parliamentarians.

The debate and vote on the censorship motions must take place “after three days” from the moment of reading in the plenary, according to the Constitution. The permanent gathering offices of the Parliament have decided that the vote will take place as early as possible, ie Sunday, from 1:00 pm.

Gold parliamentarians had another program on Sunday

The opposition and the parties in the ruling coalition negotiated all day long to set a calendar for the debate of the 4 censorship motions, but they failed to reach a consensus.

The ruling parties want the vote on the censorship motions to take place as soon as possible, in order to conclude the procedure for the 4 draft laws for which the Government assumed Monday in Parliament and for which the opposition has submitted censorship motions. The project regarding the pensions of the magistrates is considered automatically adopted by the Parliament, not being deposited a censorship motion.

On the other hand, Gold wanted the vote on motions to take place next week, because on Sunday the gold parliamentarians want to participate in the “National holiday in Țebea”, where the tomb of Avram Iancu is.

“We wanted to discuss, to establish a calendar. We submit the motion today, until 24:00 (…). We got in touch with Prime Minister Bolojan, who was an understanding man, but with Mr. Grindeanu. Present in Țebea ”, said Senator Aur Petrișor Peiu Sunday, in a discussion with the journalists present in the Parliament.

How many votes does the opposition out of the 233 required

In order to take down the government, the opposition needs to gather 233 parliamentarians to vote “for” censorship motion, out of a total of 465 mandates of senators and deputies.

The number of opposition parliamentarians is 133, divided as follows, according to the data on the sites of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate:

• Gold: 89 parliamentarians;
• Can: 19 parliamentarians;
• SOS Romania: 25 parliamentarians;

The parties that make up the ruling coalition have 311 parliamentarians, divided as follows:

• PSD: 131 parliamentarians;
• PNL: 72 parliamentarians;
• USR: 59 parliamentarians;
• UDMR: 32 parliamentarians;
• Group of national minorities in the Chamber of Deputies: 17 parliamentarians.

There are also 19 deputies and senators not affiliated with any parliamentary group. In their case, it is difficult to say where they will direct their vote, but most likely some of them will choose to support the censorship motion.

How will the vote be held

It has never happened in the history of Parliament in Romania that there are four votes on the same day on four censorship motions.

The vote for a single censure motion usually lasts tens of minutes, because the following steps must be respected:

• After the debates on the text of the motion and the speeches held by the parliamentarians and representatives of the Government the vote begins: each parliamentarian (out of the total of 465) is shouted to vote;
• If a parliamentarian is present but does not want to vote, it is announced from the Parliament's stands: “present, do not vote”;
• The parliamentarians who want to vote receive two balls: one white and one black;
• To vote, the parliamentarians must introduce the two balls in the ballot boxes in front of them: “The white ball inserted into the white ballot box and the black ball inserted into the black balloon means vote for, and the white ball inserted into the black ballot box and the black ball introduced into the white ballot means vote against. Both balls introduced in the black ball.”
• After the list of the 465 parliamentarians is shouted, the votes are included and the result of the censorship motion is announced.

In the case of the four censorship motions deposited by gold, can also SOS Romania, the above procedure should have been repeated four times. To reduce early, Parliament representatives have decided to unite the four two -by -two motions, political sources for Hotnews explained.

Specifically, the first two censorship motions will be debated and voted at the same time. At the vote, the parliamentarians will receive four balls: two black and two white, which they will have to introduce in four ballot boxes: two black and two white. Subsequently, the procedure will be repeated for the next two censorship motions.