Prime Minister-designate Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu and the members of his Cabinet will go before Parliament today for an approval vote amidst a parliamentary boycott announced by the Opposition.
Senate Deputy Chairman Petru Filip of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) says the approval vote will be secret using balls and it will he held after the Ungureanu Cabinet unveils its programme.
In order to pass, the new Cabinet will have to garner the vote of a majority of MPs, that is 233.
The ministers picked for the Ungureanu Cabinet were heard Wednesday by the specialist committees of Parliament and all of them were accepted, despite the absence of the Opposition MPs and the lack of a quorum in some committees.
The ruling coalition says it can count on the ayes of 245 MPs, as it currently holds 177 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 68 in the Senate, including the seat of Iulian Urban, who has become independent but affiliated with PDL, major at rule.
The Opposition has 147 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 66 seats in the Senate.
There are five non-affiliated MPs in the Chamber of Deputies and one such senator.
The Constitution requires a majority vote of Parliament to approve the Cabinet. AGERPRES
