Romanian Constitutional Court Rules On No-Confidence Motion Legitimacy Monday

Romania’s Constitutional Court will rule Monday on the legitimacy of the opposition submitting a no-confidence motion in Parliament after the rejection of a similar motion, initiated by the same lawmakers, just last month.

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Opposition liberals and the Hungarian minority party, backed by some social democrats, who left the coalition government last week, submitted Tuesday a no-confidence motion to overthrow Prime Minister Emil Boc's minority democrat liberal government.

Democrat liberals argued the motion is illegal because the Constitution forbids the submission of a second no-confidence motion, during the same parliamentary session and by the same signatories if the first motion has been rejected.

The opposition argued the constitutional ban applies for two consecutive no-confidence motions that are not initiated in response to the government's request for a confidence vote to enact laws.

The Parliament's standing offices decided the opposition's no-confidence motion would be voted in a plenary session Tuesday, October 13.

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