AUR requests rejection of electronic communications bill; opposes interception of private online conversations

The Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) asks senators not to vote on the bill to amend and supplement normative acts in the field of electronic communications in order to allow the interception of conversations on WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal.

"The Alliance for the Union of Romanians, the only party that voted against intercepting Whatsapp, Telegram and Signal conversations, is asking senators not to vote on the bill promoted by Florin Citu," the party's press release read on Friday to AGERPRES.

On Tuesday, the bill to amend and supplement regulations in the field of electronic communications and to establish measures to facilitate the development of electronic communications networks was adopted by 256 votes in favor, 34 against, and seven abstentions by the Chamber of Deputies, as the first notified Legislative Chamber. The bill will go to the Senate, which is the decision-making body.

According to the report of the specialized parliamentary committees, the draft law aims to ensure the transposition into national law of Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Code of Electronic Communications, legislative act by all directives in the field of electronic communications have been set out in a single document.