After three failed attempts owing to the absence of a quorum, Prime Minister Ion Chicu said he will go again to Parliament tomorrow to present the bills for which the Government assumed responsibility last week. Representatives of the parliamentary groups that were absent from the last three sittings said they will continue their boycott, while some of them could come on particular conditions.
Contacted by IPN, PAS MP Sergiu Litvinenco said they will take a decision as to the participation in tomorrow’s siting at the group’s meeting after the meeting of the Standing Bureau. The period of inactivity in Parliament depends on Premier Chicu. “We presented all our proposals and said that we are ready to adopt amendments to the state budget law if particular adjustments, aimed at offering assistance, reducing poverty and increasing people’s incomes, are accepted,” he stated, noting that their proposals can be implemented at a cost of about 600 million lei and can be financed by cutting the unjustified costs of public authorities.
Alexandru Slusari, who heads the group of the PPPDA, said their MPs will go to the Parliament Building tomorrow, but will decide whether to enter the assembly hall or not depending on the agenda. If the four problems related to the assumption are removed, they will enter. “We want the funds to be reallocated inside and want to discuss these things in Parliament, but without the assumption of responsibility. If the Premier withdraws the assumption of responsibility and accepts our proposals, we will vote the proposals in two days. We also want the allocations to be increased, for pensions, for salaries, but have several proposals that will definitely improve those bills,” he stated.
Sergiu Sîrbu, secretary of the Pro Moldova parliamentary group, said their position on the assumption of responsibility hasn’t changed. The political group will take part in the examination of the four bills only if these come to Parliament by ordinary procedure and are put to the vote as a result of debates, with improvement amendments. The parliamentary majority will reportedly have a quorum tomorrow. “If a quorum is present, we will take part in the debates on the other items from the agenda, especially because there is also the motion on the health area,” he stated.
Asked what will happen if Parliament does not have a quorum tomorrow or in two weeks too, Sergiu Sîrbu said the legislative body will sit when the Speaker changes the agenda. “If a bill is presented in Parliament, the problem can be solved in three-four days. But they probably do not want and thus intentionally generate this crisis,” he noted.
Denis Ulanov, of the group of the Shor Party, has told IPN that they will take a decision as to the participation in the Parliament’s sitting later today, at the group’s meeting. As a member of the Standing Bureau, he said he has no hope that the Government will withdraw the bills adopted by assumption of responsibility. The Government uses a strange tactic when it transforms good bills designed to support the population into a confrontation between the legislature and the executive. This is done intentionally in order to worsen the situation in the country. “Responsibility for the consequences of the current developments will be borne not by the opposition, but by the Dodon-Chicu executive power as they cause this situation,” he stated.
The last sitting of Parliament set for July 6 could not take place as the quorum was not present. There were 50 MPs of the 101 in the hall. As at the previous two sittings, MPs Ilan Șor and Ștefan Gațcan and those of the PPPDA, PAS, Pro Moldova and the Shor Party were absent.
