Lia Olguta Vasilescu
Olguta Vasilescu: PSD to submit censure motion if Gov't modifies pension law by emergency ordinance
The Social Democratic Party (PSD) will submit a motion of censure if the Government modifies the pension law by emergency ordinance, announced, on Thursday, the Social Democrat deputy Lia Olguta Vasilescu, following the meeting of the party's leadership.
STS can use tablets in next elections, must save data
The chairman of the parliamentary investigation committee regarding the European Parliament elections, Lia Olguta Vasilescu, announced, on Monday, that the Special Telecommunications Service (STS) has no problem using tablets in the next elections, the presidential ones, mentioning, though, that she sent STS a note requesting all data from the European Parliament elections be saved.
Joint plenary meeting of Parliament for the appoinment of BNR BD and Fiscal Council members started
The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies gathered on Wednesday in a joint extraordinary session to appoint the new members of the Board of Directors (BD) of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), the Fiscal Council and the president of the National Audiovisual Council (CNA).
Censure motion: Government with pro-European vision, with maximum 15 ministries, not 27
Romania urgently needs a government with a pro-European vision, with a maximum of 15 ministries, not 27, oriented to the country's development priorities: education, healthcare, public investment and attracting European funds, shows the text of the censure motion, tabled on Wednesday in Parliament.
New development, transport minister sworn in office
Social Democrats Daniel Suciu and Razvan Cuc on Friday were sworn in office as deputy prime minister and minister of regional development and public administration, and minister of transport, respectively, at a ceremony at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace. Attending on behalf of the Government were several ministers. Prime Minister Viorica Dancila did not attend, as she was in Madrid.
Tariceanu, on possible criminal complaint against Iohannis:Let's not take political debate to very low level
Bucharest, Feb 9 /Agerpres/ - Senate Speaker Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said on Saturday about the possibility of filing a criminal complaint against President Klaus Iohannis that he heard "all kinds of rumors" and does not want the political debate to be taken "to a very low level".
UPDATE/President Iohannis to refuse this week Gov't's proposals for Transport and Regional Development Ministries
President Klaus Iohannis stated on Monday that the Government's proposals for the Transport and Regional Development Ministries, namely Mircea Draghici and Lia Olguta Vasilescu, will be yet again rejected.
PM Dancila renews request to President to appoint Vasilescu, Draghici as Development, Transport ministers
Premier Viorica Dancila on Thursday sent President Klaus Iohannis a letter reiterating the request for the head of the state to sign the decrees appointing Lia Olguta Vasilescu to Deputy PM and Minister for Regional Development and Public Administration, and Mircea Draghici to Minister of Transport.
President Iohannis signs decrees appointing acting Regional Development, Transport ministers
President Klaus Iohannis signed on Monday the decrees appointing Eugen Teodorovici acting Minister for Regional Development, and Rovana Plumb acting Minister of Transport, the Presidential Administration informs.
PSD: President Iohannis is blocking governmental investments
The Social Democratic Party (PSD) condemns "the repeated" actions of President Klaus Iohannis through which "he is trying to block the activity of the Government, with the sole purpose of hindering the PSD to complete the electoral commitments which it took on in the governing programme," a PSD release sent to AGERPRES on Friday informs.