The Joint Standing Bureaus of the Senate and the Deputies' Chamber on Wednesday decided, as of 2 pm, for the joint plenum meeting of Parliament to reexamine the draft budget for this year, at President Iohannis's request.
The leaderships of the two chambers of Parliament established that on Tuesday 6 pm the Senators and Deputies are invited to submit their amendments and on Wednesday, starting 10 am, the joint budget-finance committee will re-analyze the project and make a report, to be then submitted to the joint plenary sitting for the voting.
President Klaus Iohannis on Friday sent back to Parliament for reexamination the 2019 state budget law, underscoring that the allocation of budget resources is "based on a non-realistic forecast," which affects the functionality of some public institutions playing an essential role and also the development of the local communities and the achievement of some strategic investments.
Chairman of teh Social Democratic Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea on Monday stated that the budget was "very well" drafted and cannot be modified "at a single man's whim, even if the man happens to be the President of Romania."