Posted on 06/11/2007 1:22:55 PM PDT by Lukasz
BUCHAREST, Romania: Romania's Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu and his minority Cabinet on Monday easily survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote proposed by his former allies, with most parties seeking to avoid triggering early elections.
The no-confidence motion received 115 votes, failing to get the backing of more than 253 lawmakers — half the total number of members of parliament.
Another 112 lawmakers voted to support the government, with three opposition parties implicitly helping the government by boycotting the vote.
"The vote shows the government does not have enough support in parliament," said Emil Boc, chairman of the Democratic Party, which proposed the vote. He urged Tariceanu to resign.
"This vote was a waste of time," said Bogdan Olteanu, a leader of the ruling Liberal Party. "The government and parliament need to go back to work."
Several weeks ago, five parties, including Tariceanu's Liberals, failed in a bid to have President Traian Basescu removed from office on alleged constitutional abuses.
The no-confidence motion — called "Tariceanu's government must leave" — was submitted by 119 lawmakers from two parties close to the president, including the Democratic Party, which was ousted from the Cabinet in April by Tariceanu, and a dissident Liberal faction. The president's position has been strengthened after winning about 75 percent of the vote in an impeachment referendum on May 19.
Tariceanu and Basescu, former allies in the successful 2004 campaign against the former communists, have been at odds with each other, with disputes escalating after January when Romania joined the European Union.
Basescu has called for new elections, but he can only dissolve parliament if it fails to appoint a government.
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At least they weren’t subjected to “Romanian Term Limits” ala Ceausescu.
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