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Romanian Opposition MPs Walk Out In Protest As Govt Seeks Conf Vote On Education Bill

Romania’s opposition lawmakers walked out in protest soon after the start of a plenary meeting during which the Government is seeking a confidence vote to pass a bill reforming the country’s education system.
Romanian Opposition MPs Walk Out In Protest As Govt Seeks Conf Vote On Education Bill
Oana Gavrila
28 oct. 2010, 11:51, English

After failing to postpone the procedure and wait for the Constitutional Court to resolve a claim regarding the bill, opposition lawmakers left the meeting.

The Senate’s social democrat chairman, Mircea Geoana, notified the court last week regarding a potential conflict between state institutions, triggered by the Cabinet’s decision to pull the education bill from the Senate and seek lawmakers’ confidence vote to pass it.

The Constitutional Court decided Wednesday it would discuss Geoana’s claim on November 3.