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Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) Chairman Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said on Tuesday evening that Prime Minister Ludovic Orban is playing an early polls card.
He pointed out that ALDE endorses the election of mayors in two rounds and that he would have seen fairer the solution of an emergency ordinance to this end.
"The solution with the emergency ordinance seemed fairer. Let me explain why. This assumption of responsibility introduces a very serious problem in Romanian politics, not only the idea of responsibility assumption, but the fact that they are done in a row. It short-circuits Parliament. They take out Parliament of the natural circuit of democratic debate, and this is very serious. (...) The emergency ordinance is debated in Parliament, after adoption it is sent to Parliament and MPs debate and can modify it, therefore, democratically," Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said.
