PM-designate says it counts on 234 votes for his Gov’t. The vote in Parliament set on November 4

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PM-designate Ludovic Orban has announced his Cabinet is counting on the votes of 234 MPs.

233 votes are needed for the Government to be invested.

225 votes come from PNL, USR, ALDE, UDMR, PMP and from national minorities, with Orban adding he has promises from nine more lawmakers, most probably from PSD and Pro Romania. However, Pro Romania leader Victor Ponta has recently stated they will not vote the Orban Cabinet following disagreement on several issues.

We’ll continue talks with Pro Romania to convince them not to join the PSD boycott“, Orban said. Asked if talks will also include Victor Ponta, the PM-designate replied: “To the extent he is open for talks as well“.

PMP has announced in the weekend they will vote the Orban Gov’t, with certain conditions, as chairman Eugen Tomac stated.

USR leader Dan Barna has also said that all USR MPs will vote for the Orban Cabinet in Parliament, regardless of their discontents. USR is expected to sign a political agreement with the PM-designate on Monday.

“There are some complaints regarding one or two nominated ministers, but if we look to all votes USR has assumed in Parliament, one can see we have always been consistent and we’ve kept out promise. We have a political agreement with the premier-designate. We’ll endorse the investiture of this government. If there are any objections, we’ll discuss them within the committees. It is important that the PM-designate Orban has the necessary majority”, said Barna.
UDMR has also signed a collaboration protocol with PNL to support Orban Cabinet, while national minorities have also vowed to endorse the Liberal Gov’t.

Some Social Democrats might indeed vote for the Orban Cabinet. For instance, PSD leader Paul Stanescu, former deputy PM of Dancila Gov’t has made a surprising statement today.”For me, as a politician and citizen, this government must be invested,” Stanescu said.

The plenary session vote scheduled next Monday

The Standing Bureaus of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies are convening today to establish the investiture time frame of the new Government.

Ludovic Orban has sent a letter to the Parliament speakers proposing a time frame for the investiture, with hearings in the special committees on Tuesday, October 29, starting 10 a.m. and the plenary session on Wednesday to vote the investiture.

But his proposal was rejected, so the ministers are to be heard in the special committees on Tuesday and Wednesday and the vote in the plenary session of the Parliament will take place  next Monday, on November 4.

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