President Klaus Iohannis has signed yesterday the decree promulgating the law which stipulates that the SPP is also allowed to provide protection to the presidents of the parliamentary parties, upon their request.
The law for the approval of the Emergency Government Ordinance no. 43/2015 concerning some measures to ensure the vehicles used for the transportation of classified vehicles and for the amendment of some laws has been approved by the Chamber of Deputies at the end of December last year.
The emergency ordinance was passed by the Senate without the part that stipulates that party presidents benefit from the protection of the SPP, but that part was reintroduced by the Chamber of Deputies, which was the decision maker for this draft law.
The idea for this law came from the former government, led by Victor Ponta, which published in the Official Gazette the emergency ordinance in question less than 48 hours after the death of policeman Bogdan Gigina, who was part of the convoy that was escorting deputy prime-minister Gabriel Oprea, who is now being investigated by the National Anti-corruption for abuse in office.
According to the law, are entitled to an convoy protected by the SPP Liviu Dragnea, the head of the PSD, PNL co-presidents Alina Gorghiu and Vasile Blaga, UNPR leader Gabriel Oprea, that of the UDMR Kelemen Hunor and Călin Popescu Tăriceanu and Daniel Constantin, of the ALDE.
The Parliament has basically turned an Emergency Ordinance issued by the Ponta government into a law.