ISSN: 2560-1601 Vol. 32, No. 1 (RO) September 2020 Romania political briefing: Failed attempt to dismiss the Government by a no-confidence motion in the midst of the local elections campaign Oana Cristina Popovici 1052 Budapest Petőfi Sándor utca 11. +36 1 5858 690 Kiadó: Kína-KKE Intézet Nonprofit Kft.
[email protected] Szerkesztésért felelős személy: CHen Xin Kiadásért felelős személy: Huang Ping china-cee.eu 2017/01 Failed attempt to dismiss the Government by a no-confidence motion in the midst of the local elections campaign The Social-Democrat Party (SDP), which is the major party in opposition, submitted a no-confidence motion for the dismissal of the Government in an extraordinary meeting in the Parliament during the holiday. The attempt, which would have otherwise created a political crisis, have failed following the lack of quorum. During this month, the parties are involved in the battle for the local elections which will take place on the 27th of September, under the restrictions imposed by the state of alert for containing the spread of the Covid-19. The major event in the last period in the political arena was the submission of a no- confidence motion initiated by SDP against the National Liberal Party (NLP) Government, which required an extraordinary session of the members of the Parliament (MPs) during the holiday, in which the no-confidence motion to be presented. It was an important stake for SDP to dismiss the Government in the middle of the election campaign, but this could also have driven to the emergence of a new political crisis.