Basescu wrote Friday to Victor Ponta, president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Crin Antonescu, president of the Liberal Party (PNL), and Daniel Constantin, president of the Conservative Party (PC). The three parties are organized into the Social-Liberal Union (USL).
In his letter to each party leader, Basescu asks the parties to submit for their extraordinary congresses’ consideration several proposals:
– taking part in the Constitution’s revision to reflect the results of the 2009 referendum, namely switching to a single-chamber legislature of no more than 300 MPs;
– amending the draft Constitution to also reduce the term of the President of Romania to four years, allowing general and presidential elections to be held simultaneously;
– having the final draft of the new Constitution ready so that a referendum on its adoption might be held in June this year, concurrent with the local elections.
Should the opposition parties agree to these proposals, Basescu pledges to resign in time for new presidential elections in November.