Romanian Govt’s Move To Adopt Education Bill Through Confidence Vote Groundless - Court

The Romanian Constitutional Court presented the motivation to a decision it ruled last week, when it acknowledged a legal conflict on constitutional grounds between the Government and Parliament over the education bill, which the Government pulled from the Senate and sought to adopt through a confidence vote.

According to the Court's motivation, the Government's decision to withdraw the education bill from the Senate is groundless, as the adoption of the act was not that urgent, given the measures it includes would have applied starting with the 2011-2012 school year.

The Parliament can adopt draft laws with urgency at the Government's request or on its own initiative. The Court determined that the Government did not address the Senate any request regarding the adoption of the education bill with urgency, which means the Executive's claim that the Senate stalled debates on the bill is groundless.

The court ruling acknowledging a conflict of interest between the Government and the Parliament was hailed by the opposition but upset the Hungarian minority party, which 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.

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