Prime Minister’s Hour at Romanian Parliament’s lower house
Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Cioloş is expected to attend the so-called „Prime Minister’s Hour” at the country parliaments’s lower house on Monday. The event comes after legislators representing the opposition National Liberal Party (PNL) made a request on the matter in compliance with existing House of Deputies rules. Eugen Nicolăescu, leader of the PNL group in the house, said that he expected Mr. Cioloş to explain how a genuine democracy could exist when elections of a mayor avoided the majority will. Liberals are still supporting the two-round elections for mayors while the prime minister claimed that an emergency ordinance on the issue was undemocratic.
A senator under judicial control
Romanian Senator Dan Şova is expected to be put under judicial control in the case CET Govora where Mr. Şova face charges of influence peddling. Romania’s High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) issued its final ruling on Monday when it rejected an appeal by the country’s anti-corruption watchdog, the DNA, against the decision of house arrest being replaced by judicial control. Mr. Şova is accused of influence peddling in the case of Mihai Bălan, a former head of the CET Govora, an electricity company in the Romanian southern town of Râmnicu Vâlcea, also under investigation. A bid to lift the immunity of Mr. Şova has fallen short in a parliamentary vote last March. Dan Şova is also involved in a corruption case against former Prime Minister Victor Ponta.
Two prosecutors under DNA investigation
Two prosecutors were suspended after the country’s National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) opened an investigation against them, according to a statement by Romania’s Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) on Monday. Gligor Ioan Sabău, chief-prosecutor at the Prosecutor’s Office in the Romanian north-western town of Beiuş in Bihor county was sent to court while under preventive arrest last week for bribery, blackmail and other corruption-related crimes. Two other people face similar charges: Beiuş prosecutor Adriana Ardelean is under investigation for abuse of office while Mihai Dinu Lupaş faces charges of blackmail.
A town in northern Romania left without maternity unit
Pregnant women in the Romanian north-eastern town of Săveni and neighbouring communities are not supposed to give birth in the town starting with February 15, according to a statement made by a hospital spokesman on Monday. The closure of the maternity unit in Săveni was decided by Gheorghe Sorescu, the head of the Botoşani County Council, who claimed the decision was needed given the declining birth rate in the town and around in recent years.
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Prime Minister’s Hour at Romanian Parliament’s lower house
Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Cioloş is expected to attend the so-called „Prime Minister’s Hour” at the country parliaments’s lower house on Monday. The event comes after legislators representing the opposition National Liberal Party (PNL) made a request on the matter in compliance with existing House of Deputies rules. Eugen Nicolăescu, leader of the PNL group in the house, said that he expected Mr. Cioloş to explain how a genuine democracy could exist when elections of a mayor avoided the majority will. Liberals are still supporting the two-round elections for mayors while the prime minister claimed that an emergency ordinance on the issue was undemocratic.
A senator under judicial control
Romanian Senator Dan Şova is expected to be put under judicial control in the case CET Govora where Mr. Şova face charges of influence peddling. Romania’s High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) issued its final ruling on Monday when it rejected an appeal by the country’s anti-corruption watchdog, the DNA, against the decision of house arrest being replaced by judicial control. Mr. Şova is accused of influence peddling in the case of Mihai Bălan, a former head of the CET Govora, an electricity company in the Romanian southern town of Râmnicu Vâlcea, also under investigation. A bid to lift the immunity of Mr. Şova has fallen short in a parliamentary vote last March. Dan Şova is also involved in a corruption case against former Prime Minister Victor Ponta.
Two prosecutors under DNA investigation
Two prosecutors were suspended after the country’s National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) opened an investigation against them, according to a statement by Romania’s Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) on Monday. Gligor Ioan Sabău, chief-prosecutor at the Prosecutor’s Office in the Romanian north-western town of Beiuş in Bihor county was sent to court while under preventive arrest last week for bribery, blackmail and other corruption-related crimes. Two other people face similar charges: Beiuş prosecutor Adriana Ardelean is under investigation for abuse of office while Mihai Dinu Lupaş faces charges of blackmail.
A town in northern Romania left without maternity unit
Pregnant women in the Romanian north-eastern town of Săveni and neighbouring communities are not supposed to give birth in the town starting with February 15, according to a statement made by a hospital spokesman on Monday. The closure of the maternity unit in Săveni was decided by Gheorghe Sorescu, the head of the Botoşani County Council, who claimed the decision was needed given the declining birth rate in the town and around in recent years.
Alexandru Danga/adanga
