President Klaus Iohannis sent the two heads of the Parliament chambers a letter by which he announces he has launched the procedure on a national referendum through which the people are called to express their will regarding the furthering of the fight against corruption and the assurance of the public job's integrity, says a release by the Presidential Administration.
The head of state has started in accordance with the provisions of Art. 90 of the Constitution of Romania a procedure regarding the organisation of a national referendum through which the people would express their will on the following matter of national interest: Continuation of the fight against corruption and assurance of the public job's integrity.
President Iohannis has sent the letter to the heads of the two chambers, Senate's Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, and Chamber of Deputies' Liviu Dragnea, asking for the Parliament's consultation on the above-mentioned matter.
According to the Presidential Administration, Prime Minister Sorin Mihai Grindeanu was also informed of the President's request.
"This topic has unfortunately turned into a national matter. A large interest obviously exists for this topic of amending the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code and of the pardon and if it is so, then I shall submit this matter to the public debate and the people's vote. I'll start approaches for a referendum by which the Romanians could express, say whether they agree these approaches or not, because when they cast their vote, these issues were not in the ruling programme of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and therefore, if the rulers have made an issue out of it, then they'll have to suffer the people's vote on this matter," said Iohannis at an event at the Cotroceni Palace's Museum.
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