Romanian Lower Chamber Rejects Opposition Request For Committee On Pension Bill Vote

Romanian deputies belonging to the opposition requested Tuesday that a committee be set up to investigate the final vote on the pension bill, which took place in the Chamber of Deputies on September 15, but their request was rejected by the plenum.

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Calin Popescu Tariceanu, leader of the Liberal Party's deputies group, presented a list of signatures of liberal, social democrat and conservative MPs. The opposition parties accuse Chamber Speaker Roberta Anastase and secretary Sever Voinescu of "defrauding" the vote on the pension bill, arguing that video footage of the session shows the bill was adopted without the necessary quorum.

The opposition has challenged the bill before the Constitutional Court, with a ruling expected on October 6.

The social democrats have filed a criminal complaint against the Anastase. Opposition parties have also threatened to trigger procedures to suspend the head of state from his position if he passes the bill, the final step for it to become law.

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