2015 Romanian constitutional referendum

September 2023 Romanian constitutional referendum, 2015 Canceled County A constitutional referendum was a contentious polling scheduled to take place in Romania at the end of 2015, but was never held.http://www.gandul.info/politica/usl-a-decis-sa-faca-referendum-pentru-constitutie-simultan-cu-europarlamentarele-si-sa-reduca-numarul-de-deputati-la-300-alesi-pe-liste-de-partid-11890380 USL a decis să facă referendum pentru Constituție simultan cu europarlamentarele și să reducă numărul de deputați la 300, aleși pe liste de partid Gândul Liviu Dadacus Cristian Andrei 13 January 2014 ro The Constitution amended by the Social Liberal Union (USL) lawmakers received some criticism, mostly from the opposition Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) backed by outgoing President Traian Băsescu, who expressed his discontent with some articles that reduce the powers he enjoyed while in office and eliminate the President from the executive power system.https://www.mediafax.ro/politic/basescu-prevederea-din-noua-constitutie-ca-partidul-cu-cele-mai-multe-mandate-da-premier-o-trasnaie-11902852 Băsescu: Prevederea din noua Constituție că partidul cu cele mai multe mandate dă premier, o trăsnaie Mediafax.ro 14 January 2014http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/politica/12-capcane-in-noua-constitutie-322973.html 12 capcane în noua Constituție România Liberă Andreea Nicolae, Romulus Georgescu 14 January 2014 16 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140116095139/http://www.romanialibera.ro/actualitate/politica/12-capcane-in-noua-constitutie-322973.html 16 January 2014 dead dmy-all The initial date of the referendum was set for 25 May 2014, but the political turmoil blackened the importance of this referendum. The vice-president of the Commission for Constitution Revision, Ioan Chelaru, stated on 5 May 2014, during the Senate leadership meeting, that the most likely date for the referendum is the end of 2015.http://www.romanialibera.ro/politica/institutii/comisia-pentru-revizuirea-constitutiei-isi-reia-activitatea-din-4-iunie-334179 Comisia pentru revizuirea Constituției își reia activitatea din 4 iunie România Liberă 5 May 2014 As of November 2015, the referendum reached a deadlock. The government that proposed the referendum resigned, being replaced by a technocrat cabinet led by Dacian Cioloș. References Romania Constitutional Category:Constitutional referendums in Romania Category:Cancelled referendums