The interim president of Social Democratic Party (PSD), Marcel Ciolacu, said on Wednesday that the bill of the Orban Government on quarantine and isolation is "another legislative zombie" and that he will invite the civil society to Parliament to repair "the National Liberal Party (PNL) chaos".
He added that there is no clarity in the draft law on the duration of deprivation of freedom, and "scientific data" cannot be a legally valid criterion when it comes to deprivation of freedom, because it does not provide any predictability. Ciolacu said the bill offers "discretionary powers" to the health minister "to order the worst measures of deprivation of freedom when there is an imminent risk, at the mere proposal of the National Institute of Public Health, which is subordinate to it."
"Today I heard the most important voices of civil society pointing out other examples of dramatic slippages that this law causes. Therefore, tomorrow we will invite the main Romanian NGOs specialized in defending human rights to debate this law in committees. We will listen to them and take over their proposals. Let us see whether the PNL also considers the civil society an 'enemy of the people', on the model of Constitutional Court," Ciolacu stated.