Romanian Government adopts Emergency Ordinance to extend mandates for local authorities

The Government has adopted the Emergency Ordinance that envisages the extension of mandates for local authorities and has decided to reduce to half the number of signatures necessary to submit candidacies in the local elections, the head of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery, Ionel Danca announced.

“The Emergency Ordinance regarding the extension of mandates for local authorities was adopted, taking into consideration the extraordinary current situation, imposed by the state of emergency, following the coronavirus epidemic. The Government has taken the decision to prolong the current mandates of the local public administration authorities, until, at the latest, December 31, 2020,” showed Danca in a press statement at the end of the government meeting, Agerpres reads.

He mentioned that in order to propose candidacies for the electoral circumscriptions, the parties and alliances will have to submit lists with a minimum of 25,000 supporters, and the candidacy files and the lists of supporters may be submitted electronically.