Senate: Legislative proposal on modification of magistrates' statute, adopted

The Senate adopted in Tuesday's plenary sitting, as decision-making chamber, the legislative proposal for the modification and supplementing of Law 303/2004 on the Statute of judges and prosecutors.

There were 80 votes in favour. 

The Senators adopted a few amendments proposed by Serban Nicolae in the plenary sitting, by rephrasing some rejected on Monday by the special parliamentary committee on justice laws. 

The National Liberal Party (PNL) and Save Romania Union (USR) left the plenary sitting hall around 14:30, to participate in the joint plenary sitting for the debate on the budget, which, according to the schedule approved by the joint standing bureaus, should have started at 14:00. 

The PNL and USR representatives supported a small part of the amendments they had drawn up which were rejected in the special committee. 

The People's Movement Party (PMP) senators left the plenary works in the morning, in the beginning of the debate on this bill.