December 21, 2020 07:10:31 am
In a majority decision, the Constitutional Court of Romania has struck down a legislative amendment that effectively banned the subject of gender studies in university education as unconstitutional.
Article 7(1)(e) of the impugned amendment was introduced earlier this year to amend Article 7 of the National Education Law No. 1/2011. The amendment prohibited any discussion in educational institutions of the “gender identity theory,” which it described as any “theory or opinion that [suggests] gender [as] a concept that is different than the biological sex”. Therefore, the provision was aimed at banning any discourse suggesting “gender” (now widely accepted to be a social construct) as different from “biological sex.”
Ludovic Orban, prime minister again? The centre-right parties are yet to form a coalition as they have not settled on the name of the prime minister. PNL (EPP) has proposed Florin Citu, the current finance minister, as prime minister, but it is now exploring the possibility that Ludovic Orban returns as the head of the government. However, the main allies from USR PLUS (RE) reject that option.
”We believe that a new cabinet led by Ludovic Orban, considering his resignation from the position of the prime minister and the fact that he did not fulfil his pledges to USR PLUS, does not answer to the expectations of centre-right voters, who want a new start and a reforming government,” USR PLUS said in a statement.