The text of a second motion of no confidence against the leftist ruling alliance has been read in Parliament
The National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union (USR) and the People's Movement Party (PMP) are again trying to oust the left-of-center government headed by Viorica Dancila. The no-confidence motion initiated by the rightist parties, enjoying the support of MPs who were previously PSD members, was signed by 163 MPs. Nevertheless, given that it takes 233 votes to dismiss the Cabinet, pundits have serious doubts that the motion will pass. Dubbed "Enough! The Dancila-Dragnea Government is the shame of Romania", the motion was read before Parliament's plenary sitting by the Liberal MP Pavel Popescu, who criticized the absence from the meeting of the Government members and of the Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea. "The puppet government of the criminally convicted Liviu Dragnea must leave today! This is not a request of the Opposition, but a national emergency!", the text of the motion says. "The organized crime group headed by Liviu Dragnea, who took over power in Romania, has weakened the state in order to subordinate it, at a time when we need to be strong, more than ever before. We firmly and responsibly state that national interest is at risk if the country is further ruled by this crime group that destroys the rule of law and dynamites Romania's political and economic stability," the motion also reads.
The document's signatories are warning the MPs of the parties in power and of the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), who has a collaboration protocol with the ruling coalition, that, if they again try to save Liviu Dragnea they will bear a historical responsibility on their shoulders, for choosing the PSD leader to Romania's detriment. Predictable enough, the motion's main target is Liviu Dragnea, the mastermind behind PSD, who has received a final sentence and is under investigation in several other criminal cases, who is regarded as the coordinator of efforts to subordinate justice and of deviations from the rule of law. The Opposition, however, is harshly criticizing PM Viorica Dancila and her Cabinet members as well, who they blame of being incompetent and of postponing until after 2021 all commitments taken under their governing programme.
"To vote Yes" - the Opposition says in the text of the motion - "is to vote for Romania, for rescuing the country from the claws of the thieves and the incompetent, who drain its resources and make its people poor. Prove that you want liars and impostors out of Romanian politics. Prove that you want Romania to be represented next year, at the EU Council, by a government of ministers that we are not ashamed of, that you want to see the country safe from a predictable economic disaster."
No Government representative was present in Parliament to react to the statements of the Opposition. The MPs representing the ruling coalition have not yet decided if they should come in Parliament and not cast their vote or if they should come and vote against the motion. Last week PM Dancila said she trusts the ruling parties so she is not worried about the outcome of the vote. UDMR, the party that could tip the balance of power, seems not to support the motion in the absence of a clearly defined political alternative and of a proposal for prime minister.
(Translated by E. Enache)Useful Links
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