Parliamentarians to vote on criminal investigations

Several Romanian government representatives are suspected of corruption. The constitutional court has now ruled that investigations against ministers and parliamentarians require parliamentary approval. Robert Turcescu is appalled: "This means that the investigations against [former Prime Minister] Adrian Nastase or [former Minister for Economic Affairs] Codrut Seres or [ex-Minister of Transport] Miron Mitrea or [current Labour Minister] Paul Pacuraru require a vote by MPs and senators. Here's a question: take the current parliament everything revolves around alliances between the social democrats (PSD) and the conservatives (PC) or at the moment around the coalition talks between the PSD and the liberals (PNL). These are the parties the suspects come from. When do you think they will vote in favour of criminal prosecution? Correct: never! The truth is we've gone back to where we began. The constitutional court is sending us back to the days when the parliamentarians were demi-gods."

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