The president refused to sign the bill into law saying he is all for simplifying legislation but the bill leaves room for abuse.
“If we had a business environment we could trust to play by the law I wouldn’t hesitate to sign this bill into law but, for now, I’m sending it back to Parliament because we risk allowing constructions everywhere,” said Basescu, adding it would be easy for real estate to “find a friend at the city hall” to stall their construction permit application.