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2008–12 legislature of the Romanian Parliament

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2004–2008
  
LIV

Members
  
137

LIV
  

2008–12 legislature of the Romanian Parliament

Term
  
20 December 2004 (2004-12-20) – present

Government
  
PD-L, PSD, PC PD-L/PDL, UDMR, UNPR PSD, PNL, PC, UNPR

Opposition
  
PNL, UDMR PSD, PNL, PC PD-L/PDL, UDMR

In Romania's 2008 legislative election, held on November 30, no party won an outright majority. The Democratic Liberal Party won the largest number of seats, closely followed by the Social Democratic Party + Conservative Party Alliance. It was thought that the third-placed National Liberal Party would hold the key for the new Government, and asked for the post of Prime Minister in the negotiations with both parties.

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In the end, the Democratic Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party signed a coalition agreement, with Theodor Stolojan as Prime Minister designate. Two days later, inexplicably, Stolojan renounced to this designation, and was quickly replaced by Emil Boc, Democratic Liberal Party president and incumbent Mayor of Cluj-Napoca at that time. The National Liberal Party, Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, and the 18 Minorities Parties form the Parliamentary Opposition.

The coalition originally had approximately 70% Parliament support, but the Social Democrats pulled out of the coalition on October 1, 2009, in protest of the sacking of interior minister Dan Nica, and the government fell in a vote of no confidence on October 13.

Senate

The President of the Senate for this legislature was Mircea Geoană, former president of the Social Democratic Party, between 19 December 2008 and 23 November 2011. He was replaced by Vasile Blaga on 28 November 2011. In July 3, 2012, Crin Antonescu replaced Blaga at the Senate Presidency. During Antonescu's tenure as ad interim President of Romania, the day-to-day business of the Senate was carried by the Vicepresident Petru Filip, who switched parties form PDL to PSD during the vote of no confidence for the Ungureanu Cabinet. He also served as interim President of the Senate between the removal from office of Mircea Geoană and the election of Vasile Blaga in 2011. At that time he was a PDL Vicepresident.

Chamber of Deputies

On 19 December 2008, President of the Chamber of Deputies was elected Roberta Anastase member of Democratic Liberal Party. She was removed from office on 3 July 2012, and replaced the same day by Valeriu Zgonea, Chamber Vicepresident at that time.

During the 2009 Spring Session of the Parliament, there were constituted two Inquiry Committees, and an Inquiry Sub-Committee. The two Committees were formed for the Minister of Youth and Sport Monica Iacob-Ridzi, regarding the possible misuse of money spent by the Ministry she was running on the Youth Day festivities, and Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Nicolae Nemirschi, regarding the possible misuse of money spent by the Ministry he is running on the promotion of Governmental Programs. The Sub-Committee was formed for the former Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, regarding the possible fraudulent allocation of oil drilling rights in the Snake Island area, recently gained by Romania.

The Chamber of Deputies was called in an Extraordinary Session in July, to vote the reports of the Ridzi Inquiry Committee and Tăriceanu Inquiry Sub-Committee, and the formation of a new Inquiry Committee for the Minister of Tourism, Elena Udrea, regarding the possible misuse of money spent by the Ministry she is running on the tourism promoting TV spots.

References

2008–12 legislature of the Romanian Parliament Wikipedia