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Marcel Ciolacu ruined the surprise moment of the electoral campaign for the members of the USR. The RSU leaders had nailed the plan discussed for some time in the party that the parliamentarians resign to show that they are against the special pensions that senators and deputies benefit from.
On Monday, at noon, it was decided that all elected members of the Union would resign on Tuesday morning. Everything had to be kept secret, but this did not happen.
At 7:58 p.m., when all televisions were preparing for the prime-time shows, Marcel Ciolacu wrote on Facebook that he will resign from Parliament on the last day of his term in order not to benefit from a special pension. In addition, he recalled that he made the same gesture four years ago, for the same reason.
“Marcel Ciolacu wanted to do this anyway, but he found out about USR’s approach and wanted to speculate on the timing,” explained a PSD leader to HotNews.ro.
Offside, the members of the USR officially announced, through the voice of Dan Barna, that they will resign as a bloc. However, they would also take effect in December, before the expiration of the current legislature.
The repeal of two articles of the statute of parliamentarians would leave them without special pensions. Not done
The issue of the elimination of special pensions is highly speculated in the election year. So far, all legislative efforts have failed in the Constitutional Court, claiming that the pensions of magistrates are in question, the reduction of which would affect the independence of the judiciary.
The elimination of pensions / special allowances for senators and deputies could have been done quickly by repealing two articles on this issue in the Statute of Senators and Deputies. However, this did not happen as it was included in the other special pensions, including those for magistrates.
On January 28, the Chamber of Deputies approved with 247 votes in favor and 21 abstentions the bill that eliminates special pensions. The measure was addressed to deputies and senators, judges and prosecutors, specialized auxiliary personnel of courts and prosecutors, public officials with special rank, parliamentary officials, members of the diplomatic and consular corps, members of the Constitutional Court and professional civil aviation personnel. of civil aviation.
However, the law fell to the Constitutional Court, for affecting the independence of the judiciary.
In late March, early April, PSD, PNL, USR, UDMR and PMP announced that they will support the progressive taxation of special pensions. The five parliamentary parties announced that they have presented bills in this regard.
After the PSD, USR announced on April 1 that it presented a legislative initiative (although it already has a project that is progressively taxable) for the taxation of 90% of special pensions, defined as additional pensions to the contributory pension.
The UDMR recalled that same day that the Union parliamentarians have presented “since last year a draft bill on the taxation of special pensions and expects the support of all parliamentary political forces, including the RSU.”
“In December 2019, the UDMR presented a legislative project for the taxation of 90% of all special pensions that exceed the net allocation of the country’s president. We hope that this bill will be debated in April in the full Senate and we have the support of all parliamentary political forces. including those from USR, “said union senator Cseke Attila.
The law was challenged by the Supreme Court, which argued that the new “tax” is not only discriminatory and represents a “disguised” income tax, but is practically calculated on net pension income, after deducting the tax. on the gross pension income, which would lead, from a certain level, to a tax rate calculated to the gross pension of 95%. “Under these conditions, due to the high amount, the taxation measure is a real confiscation and is likely to affect the very substance of the law. The option promoted by the law in question is a subterfuge that damages the very substance of the law. pension, “he said. remission.
