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Senate President Anca Dragu announced on Thursday the establishment of a joint parliamentary commission for the implementation of the 2009 referendum, when Romanians voted for a unicameral parliament, with a maximum of 300 MPs.
“We will create a mixed parliamentary commission at the House and Senate level, which aims at the entire electoral process, but also the application of this measure,” Anca Dragu said in Digi24.
The commission will be established early next year, if it fails in the last week of this year.
“It just came to our attention then. We keep trying, next week, to the extent that we will have all the approvals,” Anca Dragu also specified.
Former President Traian Băsescu organized in 2009, with the first round of the presidential elections, a referendum in which he consulted the population on the transition to a unicameral parliamentary system, with a maximum of 300 elected.
There were two questions in the referendum:
- Do you agree with the transition to a unicameral Parliament in Romania?
- Do you agree to reduce the number of parliamentarians to a maximum of 300 people?
Romanians said YES in an overwhelming proportion to both questions. The referendum, although validated, has not been implemented so far. To change the structure of Parliament, it is necessary to review the Constitution.
Editor: Bogdan Pacurar
