Romanian Chamber Of Deputies Might Retake Vote On Pension Law, After Opposition Complaints

Dusa said the Social Democratic Party’s and Liberal Party’s MP groups requested the vote be held again, since the pension law was voted on with very few MPs in the room, below the required quorum. The plenum will be asked for its approval in Tuesday’s meeting.

The pension law was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies last Wednesday with 170 votes in favor, two against and three abstentions, after ten hours of debates and in the absence of MPs from opposition parties (Social Democratic, Liberal and Conservative), who had walked out. Social democrat leader Victor Ponta said video footage of the meeting shows there were no more than 80 MPs in the room and announced that the party’s legal advisers are working on a criminal complaint against Chamber Speaker Roberta Anastase, who, he alleges, announced a false number of votes.