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Action calendar to have Government invested as soon as possible
The Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader, Liviu Dragnea, who is also Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, announced on Friday, together with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) leaders the action calendar for this week, so that the new Government be invested as soon as possible.
Thus, on Tuesday, January 3rd, the Standing Bureaus meetings will take place at the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, and at 12:00hrs, both chambers will convene in a plenary session.
Also on Tuesday, at 14:00hrs, the leading bodies of PSD and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) — the Executive Committee, and the Political Bureau, respectively — will approve the list of members of the future Cabinet and from 15:00 the reunited groups of PSD and ALDE will meet in order to witness a short presentation of each minister, and then, between 16:00hrs and 16:30hrs the designated PM will forward a list of the Executive and the governing programme. At 17:00hrs, a meeting of the Joint Standing Bureaus will take place in order to approve the agenda of the day for Wednesday, January 4.
On Wednesday, January 4th, hearing sessions in committees and the investiture vote will take place, and from 18:00hrs, consultations will be held with the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) parliamentary group and with the parliamentary group of the national minorities, "if they want so desire", Liviu Dragnea specified.
"On Wednesday, between 08:00hrs in the morning and 14:00hrs, the hearings of the Government members will take place in committees. Between 15:00hrs and 18:00hrs hours, the governing programme will be presented, and its debate and the investiture vote will take place. Under the reserve of the President's acceptance — we will send a joint letter — we propose that on January 4th, at 19:00hrs, the ceremony of taking the oath of office of the Government members take place," showed the PSD leader.
Finally, on Thursday, January 5th, at 09:00hrs, a session of the Standing Bureau of the Senate will be held, about the law enabling the Government to pass ordinances during the parliamentary vacation, debates in the committees of this body, and from 12:00hrs the plenary session of the Senate is scheduled. Afterwards, from 13:00hrs the session of the Standing Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies will be held, from 14:00hrs to 15:00hrs debates in committees will take place, and from 15:00hrs to 16:00hrs there will be the final vote in the plenary session of the Chamber for the law enabling the Government to pass ordinances.