The decision is definitive and binding.
On July 18, the Chamber of Deputies adopted a bill amending Government emergency ordinance 41/2012 on the referendum to extend the voting schedule and set it to 7 a.m.-11 p.m.. The opposition Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) challenged the bill with the Constitutional Court on July 19.
The Court also ruled that the new schedule may be applied to the July 29 referendum on whether to oust suspended President Traian Basescu.
The normative act will be sent to acting President Crin Antonescu to be signed into law and will take effect once it is published in the Official Journal.
Romania’s Parliament voted to suspend Basescu on July 6. A referendum on whether to oust him or not is scheduled for July 29 and requires a voter turnout of over 50% to be validated.
People close to the matter told Mediafax earlier Tuesday that the Democratic Liberal Party’s Directorate decided to urge voters not to cast ballots in the July 29 referendum.