Romania PM Denies Rumors Of Resignation Plans Over Education Reform

"These haven't been my best days as prime minister but I don't plan to resign," Boc told reporters.

He added he is awaiting the court's motivation for the ruling and said the education system reform bill needs to be adopted urgently, by the end of the year, regardless of the procedure to be used.

The Constitutional Court Wednesday acknowledged a legal conflict on constitutional grounds between the Government and Parliament over the education bill, which the Executive pulled from the Senate and sought to adopt through a confidence vote.

The court ruling was hailed by the opposition but upset the Hungarian minority party, which has threatened to leave the ruling coalition unless progress is made regarding minorities' rights. The education bill allows national minorities to take all school subjects, except Romanian language and literature, in their mother tongue.

The Government has said it will consult with the Parliament about procedures to pass the education law, but is waiting for the Constitutional Court to motivate its ruling first.

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