Romanian opposition submits new no-confidence motion after Govt seeks support for education bill

Two days after a non-confidence vote failed to receive the needed number of votes in the Romanian Parliament, the Romanian opposition social democrats and liberals on Friday submitted a new no-confidence motion in Parliament against the Government. The Cabinet has sought the lawmakers’ vote of confidence to pass the education reform into law. The motion will be read out in Parliament within maximum five days from its submission. The motion will be debated in Parliament three days after its submission. Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc asked lawmakers' confidence vote Thursday to pass an education bill that he said would overhaul the entire educational system. Opposition lawmakers walked out in protest soon after the start of the Parliament's plenary meeting after failing to postpone the procedure and wait for the Constitutional Court to resolve a claim regarding the bill. The bill, among others, makes education mandatory starting with pre-school and allows Hungarian ethnics to be taught and evaluated in their own language for all subjects except Romanian language and literature. Mediafax