Why a former president of the CCR thinks the gridlock on the political stage is “comic”. “The Constitution does not prohibit this, but it is common sense”
Augustin Zegrean, former president of the Constitutional Court, suggested that the PSD and AUR should not have dismissed the Bolojan Government without proposing another governing solution, as he believes should have happened “in a whole country”.
On Tuesday, in an intervention at Digi24, Augustin Zegrean recalled that, according to Article 110, paragraph 4, of the Constitution, after he was dismissed by the PSD-AUR motion, the cabinet led by the liberal Ilie Bolojan “fulfills only the documents necessary for the administration of public affairs, until the swearing in of the members of the new Government”.
The former president of the CCR was asked what is happening with the six ministries where there were interim ones since before the fall of the Government by motion, as a result of the PSD ministers' withdrawal.
“Here it can be discussed, because they (those from the PSD, no) left before the Government fell, but the resigned prime minister has only to appoint other interim ministers in place of those who left earlier and there will be one minister for three or four ministries”, explained Augustin Zegrean.
Zegrean: “There have been comical things in Romania's recent history and I don't think they will end”
When asked if even now it is possible to talk about “a comical thing”, the former president of the CCR answered: “Obviously it is comical, because something like this doesn't happen anymore – these things happen here”.
“In a whole country at the head, I did not say that Romania is not whole at the head, let that not be misunderstood, but in a whole country at the head, if a motion of censure is submitted, the one who submits the motion also submits the new government program and the list of the new Government. If the motion passes, that government leaves and the others take their place”, continued Augustin Zegrean.
On the other hand, he mentioned that such a practice, to dismiss the Government without an alternative government, is not prohibited by the Constitution.
“The Constitution does not prohibit this, but it is a thing of common sense, of political logic, you remove the Government for a certain reason, you say the reason and you come and say what you will do if he leaves. That would be normal, but who stops them from doing that? No one stops them, but even if they write, you see that what is written is not respected, let alone what is not written?”, Augustin Zegrean also declared.
According to HotNews sources, President Nicușor Dan held new talks with the leaders of the broken coalition, but the negotiations for the appointment of the new prime minister are stiff.
