Boc hatches increased powers for the president

PD (Democrat Party) president, Emil Boc, wants that the introduction of the uninominal voting be followed by the set up, in 2008, of a committee for the constitutional reform. The Democrat leader has restated his party's proposition to increase the presidential prerogatives, on the model of France.
In essence, the PD project contains five points regarding the president's attributions. First of all, Boc wants that the president has the unconditional right to appoint the PM, as well as the right to dissolve the inferior Chamber after having consulted its spokesperson. Also, the terms of the president's taking part in the Government's meetings should be changed so that he gets the right to chair and sign the documents adopted at those meetings. In exceptional circumstances, war or natural calamities, the president might act as a republican dictator who can rule the state without any prior agreement or immediately after of the Parliament. In the fifth place, there shouldn't be any limitation of the referendum so that the population may pronounce on some bills initiated by the president. In parallel, the Government should be restricted the right to adopt emergency ordinances only for exceptional circumstances. "We have a regime that looks like an ostrich-camel, and this must stop", Boc added. He also said that PD would back up a quick voting of the Law on the uninominal voting in Pro Democratia's version. Boc's position is not a "dissidence" towards the president, who supports the uninominal in voting ballots, as hew admitted Basescu's idea was a better one. (...)

Adrian Ilie
Ziua Sambata 1 Septembrie 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english