Loading ...The Senate on Tuesday rejected, 70 to 40, a report rejecting Government Emergency Ordinance 103/2009 concerning the organisation of referenda.
Government Emergency Ordinance 103/2009 concerning the organisation of referenda, amending the Referendum Law of 2000 was rejected by the Judicial Committee of the Senate with a majority vote, after the Senate’s Administration Committee voted similarly.
In the case of this ordinance, the Senate is the first chamber notified, while the final decision rests with the Chamber of Deputies.
The Government argues in the ordinance recitals that this normative act was necessary because Parliament is obstructing the constitutional right of the President to call a referendum since it has not harmonised the text of its regulation with the Constitution within 45 days, as ordered by the Constitutional Court.
The court’s ruling says that Parliament shall express its opinion on a referendum initiated by the President in a majority vote of the parliamentarians attending the vote session, instead of the majority of all parliamentarians, as the regulation provides for.
The ordinance introduces a deadline of 20 calendar days for Parliament to voice its opinion on a referendum initiated by the President.
If Parliament fails to act, the President may issue a decree for the organisation of the referendum, as the procedure of parliamentary consultations will be deemed accomplished.
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