Parliament: Motion of no-confidence rejected

The Joint Chambers of Parliament rejected on Wednesday the motion of no-confidence "Ousting the Dragnea - Dancila government, a national emergency!", signed by the National Liberal Party (PNL), Save Romania Union (USR) and People Movement's Party (PMP).

The vote tally counted 166 votes for the motion and 4 against.

In order to pass, the motion needed to be voted for by 50%+1 of the total number of MPs, which would amount to 233 votes. AGERPRES (RO - author: Dana Piciu, editor: Georgiana Tanasescu; EN - editor: Razvan-Adrian Pandea)