A bill for granting of the autonomy of the Szekler county was tacitly passed by the Chamber of Deputies
A project initiated by two UDMR parliamentarians, which provides the granting of autonomy for the Szekler county, passed tacitly in the Chamber of Deputies. According to the UDMR initiative, the county may have a president and the official Hungarian language. However, the Senate is the decision-making chamber. The project received a negative opinion from the Legislative Council and the Economic and Social Council and a negative opinion from the Government. However, the draft was adopted tacitly, as a result of exceeding the 45-day deadline in which it could be put to the vote./opopescu
Emergency session of the Senate to reject the bill on the autonomy of the Szekler county
An emergency meeting was convened in the Senate at 14:00 local time, in order to reject the draft law on the autonomy of the Szekler land tacitly adopted in the Chamber of Deputies. The announcement was made by the interim president of the Senate, Robert Cazanciuc. PSD, which has the largest number of parliamentarians, now wants to reject this initiative. The president of the Chamber of Deputies, the social democrat Marcel Ciolacu, says that PSD also voted against it in the specialized commissions of the Chamber. On the other hand, PNL claims that the tacit adoption of this bill would have been a political agreement between PSD and UDMR. The leader of the liberal deputies, Florin Roman, declares that this is not the first time that PSD plays along the UDMR in the Romanian Parliament./opopescu
More than 11.600 people have been infected with the new virus in Romania, according to the latest official data
More than 11.600 people have been infected with the new virus, according to the latest official data. Since the last report, 277 new cases have been registered. The death toll stands at 663, and more than 3.400 patients have been declared cured. The attention of specialists is now turning to May the 1-st, a moment that will bring several days off in a row and which the authorities fear could mean for people a moment of premature relaxation. The Health Minister has already said that this period must be managed very well, in order to prevent the emergence of new outbreaks. He said the situation shows that the epidemic is still on its way, although the slope is smooth./opopescu
Ovidiu Popescu – RADOR
