The draft regulations of Parliament contain a number of changes in the legislative body’s work. The breaks in the Parliament’s sittings will last for at most one hour during a meeting. Penalties will be imposed for hampering the legislature’s work and one minute will be offered for formulating questions. The lawmakers of the parliamentary majority, who support this bill, consider that it will make the legislative body’s work more efficient. But the opposition considers that it will be reduced to silence, IPN reports.
In the program “Fabrica” on the public TV channel Publika TV, Deputy Speaker Andrian Candu said the legislature’s time costs, but some of the breaks are very long. “The blocking of the rostrum and using of loudspeakers in the Parliament’s hall will be banned. Parliament will be more efficient,” said the MP.
Liberal-Democratic lawmaker Tudor Deliu said the work in Parliament for the Communists means crying on the microphone and tapping their fingers and feet. “We work by 2-3 hours, while they do not work at all. When approving the agenda, I personally counted that they put forward the same proposal for seven times one day. Clear rules must exist in Parliament so that we do not waste time,” he stated.
Valeriu Saharneanu, of the group of Liberal reformers, said he backs the Communists’ initiative that this bill should be endorsed by international bodies. “We want to strengthen democracy. The regulations indeed need changes as some of the provisions are very old. We have an anti-system position that has elements of hooliganism. Some of the commissions held no meetings as they were hindered,” he stated.
Communist MP Artur Resetnikov said that by the changes proposed to the Parliament’s regulations, the majority wants to shut the Communists up. “They want to limit the time so that we proposed no bill. But we are the people’s voice. We held the majority during 8 years, but didn’t have such initiatives. Why don’t you have the appraisal of the Council of Europe? You do not respect the democratic rules,” he said.
The draft regulations of Parliament were already approved by the permanent commissions. According to the MPs, the regulations haven’t been essentially modified since 1996, when they were adopted.
