Senator Traian Basescu of the People's Movement Party (PMP) says the ruling coalition of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) on Wednesday lost its parliamentary majority following a successful vote on a censure motion against its own government, claiming that "it's normal for them to lose the governing also."
"[PSD national leader] Dragnea and [ALDE national leader]Tariceanu you lost! Without the votes of the minority MPs the censure motion wouldn't have passed. The PSD-ALDE alliance lost the majority. Therefore, it's normal to lose the governing. The decision is with Iohannis," Traian Basescu wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
A censure motion called "Romania cannot be confiscated. We defend democracy and Romanians' vote," was adopted in the joint plenary meeting of Parliament.
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