The parliamentarians had three days, between September 1-3, to submit a censorship motion against the Bolojan Government, as a result of assuming the responsibility on the project regarding the pensions of the magistrates.
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The project for the magistrates’ reform was bypassed by opposition to the submission of censorship motions as a result of assuming the Government’s responsibility in Parliament. As a result, the initiative passes the Parliament.
The project increases the retirement age of the magistrates to 65 years in 10 years and decreases the value of the pensions they can benefit from 70% of the last net salary. Thus it generated harsh reactions from the judicial system and led to the triggering of large protests. Courts and prosecutor’s offices have suspended their activity throughout the country.
Who can notify the CCR
The law can also be challenged at the RCC, according to the Constitution. Notifications can be filed by:
– The President of Romania
– one of the presidents of the two Houses of Parliament
– Government
– The High Court of Cassation and Justice
– The People’s Advocate
– a number of at least 50 deputies or at least 25 senators
– ex officio, on the initiatives of revision of the Constitution
“It is hard to assume that the government still has legitimacy,” If a project falls constitutional control, Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan believes.
The government led by Ilie Bolojan has assumed responsibility in Parliament on 5 projects of the 6 initially proposed. The only project that remained in the coalition debate is the reform of the local administration.
The opposition has submitted censorship motion for assuming liability on 4 projects, the pensions of the magistrates being a project on which it is a wide political consensus.
