Romanian Constitutional Court Overturns Changes to Election Law
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Romania’s Constitutional Court said a law eliminating a minimum electoral threshold for lawmakers in not constitutional, following a challenge by the opposition, the court’s head Augustin Zegrean said.
The law, adopted by the Parliament on May 22, and proposed by the country’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta and his coalition partner Crin Antonescu, had aimed to implement a new system that allowed candidates to win a seat in Parliament regardless of the score obtained by their party.