Romanian President Can’t Dissolve Parliament Even If Reelected - Paper

The paper quoted Predescu as saying that the president can't dissolve the Parliament even if it does reject a second proposed government because the relation with Parliament would be new, in a new term and the new president can't act on things that happened in the previous term.

"The president may dissolve the Parliament within 60 days if it rejects two proposed governments. The Constitution also states the president can't dissolve the Parliament in his last six months in office. After presidential elections, the terms of this relationship change. Even if (President Traian) Basescu is reelected, he gets a new term in office," Predescu explained adding each term in office comes with its own duration, attributions, prerogatives and immunity.

Basescu said mid-October, after the country's minority democrat liberal government was overthrown in a no-confidence vote, that he can dissolve the Parliament some time after elections if reelected, if the Parliament rejects two proposed Cabinets.

Last week, the Parliament rejected the proposed cabinet of Prime Minister-designate Lucian Croitoru and is likely to reject the government of newly-designated Prime minister Liviu Negoita.

Romania holds a first round of presidential elections on November 22 and a runoff on December 6 if none of the candidates secures a majority of votes in the first round.

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