At the Senate debates on the Emergency Ordinance for early elections, USR Senator Florina Presada attempted to table several amendments, including one aimed at electing mayors in two rounds.

By a vote of the PSD and UDMR senators, he was refused to table amendments, proof that the PSD and UDMR do not even want the subject of two-round elections to be discussed in Parliament.The Senate Public Administration Committee discussed, On Tuesday, Government Emergency Ordinance No 1/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2000 on the protection of individuals No 26/2020 on the amendment and completion of some normative acts in the field of elections for the Senate and the members, as well as some measures for the proper organisation and conduct of elections early parliamentary elections. USR Senator Florina Presada formulated several amendments, but the PSD and UDMR senators on the committee refused to submit them. One amendment aimed to return to the election of mayors in two ballots, for which the NLP Government has held responsibility, which will not end up being implemented as a result of the adoption of the no-confidence motion. Another amendment sought as the Chairmen of Councils to be elected in two rounds, in order to increase the legitimacy of the function and the person occupying it. Other amendments aimed at reducing the number of signatures necessary for the submission of local applications and the debureaucracy of the accreditation of domestic and international obervaors.' The PSD and UDMR fear the Romanian vote and want to keep their local barons in place. This parliamentary majority is outdated and harmful to Romania. It is unacceptable that the return to the election of mayors in two rounds should be stopped by a majority formed around Dragnea in 2016," says USR Senator Florina Presada.THE OUG for the early elections finally received an opinion from the Senate Public Administration Committee. In turn, the the legal committee headed by PSD senator Şerban Nicolae also adopted on Tuesday, a negative report on the regulatory act, proof that the PSD and UDMR fiercely that romanians can vote at any polling station in the country and the Diaspora can vote for three days, as in Euro-parliamentary elections.