Chamber of Deputies vice-president Ioan Oltean (of the opposition Democratic Liberal Party) said Tuesday the ballot schedule can only be changed if amendments are adopted to the referendum law. The law also requires the setting of the date and schedule of a referendum 20 days ahead and there are only 14 days left until then.
The governing Social Liberal Union had initially wanted to extend the referendum over several days, hoping for as big a voter turnout as possible. Acting president Crin Antonescu on Tuesday passed the referendum law stating a referendum is only valid if it gets a voter turnout of over 50%, following a Constitutional Court ruling.