The bill, for which the Government sought a confidence vote on April 17, has been cleared for promulgation, the sources said.

The bill, which sets that former owners of nationalized homes in Romania who can’t get back their homes will receive points with a face value of 1 leu (EUR0.22) which they can use to buy other homes at auction or change them into currency after 2017, must be singed into law by the head of state.

Opposition democrat liberals contested the bill saying a similar legal initiative was under parliamentary debate and that the bill restrains citizens’ rights to own property.