Romanian Lawmakers Approve Setting Up Of Constitution Revision Committee

Romanian lawmakers on Tuesday adopted with four abstentions the draft decision on the setting up of a common committee to revise the country’s Constitution.

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The future committee will have 25 members, namely, eight democrat liberals, eight social democrats, two independent lawmakers, four liberals, two members from the Hungarian minority party UDMR and a representative of national minorities.

Social democrat lawmaker Adrian Nastase said the decisions of the committee for the revision of Constitution must be made with the votes of two thirds of its members. He added the meetings of the committee must also be attended by representatives of Romania's president, the ombudsman and the High Council of Magistrates CSM.

Mircea Toader, head of the democrat liberal group in the Chamber of Deputies, said Nastase's propositions would be included in the regulation on the running of the committee for the revision of Constitution and stressed decisions in the committee would be made with the votes of two thirds of its members.

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