Romanian govt. falls after no-confidence vote

Romanian Prime Minister Razvan Ungureanu’s government fell today in a no-confidence vote.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 27.04.2012.

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Romanian Prime Minister Razvan Ungureanu’s government fell today in a no-confidence vote. 236 MPs voted in favor of the opposition’s proposal, Agerpres has reported. Romanian govt. falls after no-confidence vote The opposition, led by the Social-Democratic Party, has filed a request for a no-confidence vote after the government decided to sell the country’s biggest copper company and energy firms to foreign companies. President Traian Basescu will now nominate a new prime minister who will then need to present a governing program to parliament for approval. Six MPs left the ruling Liberal Democratic Party the day before yesterday and joined the opposition. Another six MPs left the party last week so the opposition now lacks only 13 votes to secure the majority of 231 votes. “The no-confidence vote stands a good chance to be successful even though the opposition still does not have the majority,” independent analyst Bogdan Teodorescu explained earlier. “The ruling party has lost its political color and identity,” Senator Dorin Paran stressed. The Liberal Democratic Party has been facing complex economic problems since the beginning of the mandate and it was forced to adopt unpopular austerity measures. Public sector wages have been decreased by 25 percent and the VAT has been increased by five percent which caused a series of protests which led Prime Minister Emil Boc to resign. Parliamentary elections in Romania should be held in November 2012. The latest polls show that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has lost about half of its voters and only 15 to 18 percent of Romanians support it now. (Beta) Tanjug

Romanian govt. falls after no-confidence vote

The opposition, led by the Social-Democratic Party, has filed a request for a no-confidence vote after the government decided to sell the country’s biggest copper company and energy firms to foreign companies.

President Traian Basescu will now nominate a new prime minister who will then need to present a governing program to parliament for approval.

Six MPs left the ruling Liberal Democratic Party the day before yesterday and joined the opposition. Another six MPs left the party last week so the opposition now lacks only 13 votes to secure the majority of 231 votes.

“The no-confidence vote stands a good chance to be successful even though the opposition still does not have the majority,” independent analyst Bogdan Teodorescu explained earlier.

“The ruling party has lost its political color and identity,” Senator Dorin Paran stressed.

The Liberal Democratic Party has been facing complex economic problems since the beginning of the mandate and it was forced to adopt unpopular austerity measures. Public sector wages have been decreased by 25 percent and the VAT has been increased by five percent which caused a series of protests which led Prime Minister Emil Boc to resign.

Parliamentary elections in Romania should be held in November 2012. The latest polls show that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has lost about half of its voters and only 15 to 18 percent of Romanians support it now.

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