1. Forumul Neconstituțional
Legat de polemica privind lipsa de transparență în activitatea Comisiei parlamentare pentru
revizuirea Constituției am o observație generală și câteva exemple care demonstrează că alte
țări prevăd dreptul ca propunerile concrete privind amendarea Constituției să fie făcute de
structuri, asociații, grupuri altele decât Parlamentele naționale.
1. Observația cu caracter general
Regulamentul de organizarea și funcționare al Comisiei prevede la Articolul 3, aliniatul 2,
accesul liber a doi reprezentanți ai Forumului Constituțional la lucrările Comisiei
parlamentare. Această prevedere este neconstituțională, încălcând prin discriminare dreptul
la informare al cetățenilor. Forumul Constituțional nu are statut legal de organism consultativ,
nici pentru elaborarea și nici pentru dezbatere, iar, în această situație ilegală, mi se pare
periculos că nici măcar opoziția nu a semnalat starea de ilegalitate care permite accesul
preferențial al unor cetățeni români fără statut de parlamentar la lucrările Comisiei. În același
timp alte asociații nu au dreptul să participe. Nu poți să stabilești ședințe secrete ale
Parlamentului și în același timp să accepți la lucrări diar anumiți cetățeni.
2. Exemple -citate care prezintă cum alte țări sau UE au oferit acces la procesul de
elaborare, negociere și consultare cu actori sociali alții decât puterea legislativă.
a. Franța
”Proposed in Nicolas Sarkozy's manifesto during the French presidential election of 2007, the
stated goal of the changes was to modernise the institutions of the Fifth Republic. The
Comité de réflexion et de proposition sur la modernisation et le rééquilibrage des
institutions, (literally : "A committee of reflection and proposal on the modernisation and the
re-balancing of the institutions"), presided over by Édouard Balladur, a former Prime
Minister, was established in July 2007. It was composed primarily of constitutional jurists and
political personalities with legal competence. Following three months of work, it submitted its
report to the President of the Republic on 29 October 2007.
This resulted in a bill, which was approved by the National Assembly on 9 July 2008 and by
the Senate on the 17th.”
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2. b. Canada
THE PROCESS FOR AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION OF CANADA- The Report of
the Special Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Commons, 1991.
Extract from the Minutes & Proceedings of the Senate of Wednesday, January 30, 1991:
- That the Senate do unite with the House of Commons in the appointment of a Special Joint
Committee to consult broadly with Canadians and inquire into and report upon the process for
amending the Constitution of Canada, including, where appropriate, proposals for
amending one or more of the amending formulae, with particular reference to:
(i) the role of the Canadian public in the process;
(ii) the effectiveness of the existing process and formulae for securing constitutional
amendments; and
(iii) alternatives to the current process and formulae, including those set out in the discussion
paper prepared by the Government of Canada entitled "Amending the Constitution of
Canada";
That the Committee, or a sub-committee, have power to travel, and hold public hearings,
within Canada;
C. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS
We recommend that Parliament's procedural rulles be amended to make mandatory the
holding of public hearings on any proposed constitiltional amendment initiated by the
Government of Canada, or to which the Government of Canada has given its agreement
in principle, such hearings to be held early enough to allow for changes to the proposal.
We recommend to the provincial and territorial legislatures that they consider adopting
similar procedures.
c. Uniunea Europeană – Constituția
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee
Acting on its own initiative, the European Economic and Social Committee adopted a
position at its meeting of 24 and 25 September on the negotiations within the IGC. The
Committee supported the general balance of the draft Constitutional Treaty, but recommended
that those taking part in the IGC detail and clarify certain points in such a way as to increase
the trust and involvement of the general public and civil society organisations.
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3. The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is a consultative body that gives
representatives of Europe's socio-occupational interest groups, and others, a formal platform
to express their points of views on EU issues. Its opinions are forwarded to the larger
institutions - the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament. It thus has a key role
to play in the Union's decision-making process.
Origins
The ESC was set up by the 1957 Rome Treaties in order to involve economic and social
interest groups in the establishment of the common market and to provide institutional
machinery for briefing the European Commission and the Council of Ministers on European
Union issues.
The Single European Act (1986), the Maastricht Treaty (1992), the Amsterdam Treaty (1997)
and the Treaty of Nice (2000) have reinforced the EESC's role.
Membership- The 344 members of the EESC are drawn from economic and social interest
groups in Europe.
Members are nominated by national governments and appointed by the Council of the
European Union for a renewable 5-year term of office. The latest renewal was in October
2010 for the mandate 2010-2015.
Concluzii: Comisia parlamentară a omis să țină seama de contextul în care se schimbă
acest document. În condiții de criză economică, cu un nivel de incredere socială foarte
scăzut în Parlamentul României și cu o evidentă lipsă de competență în dialogul social,
cel mai important segment din procesul de revizuire al Constituției lipsește: un organism
național consultativ cu putere de negociere și reprezentare socială. Parlamentul are
statut de instituție fundamentală de reprezentare doar politică, cu putere de negociere,
Forumul Constituțional este doar o organizație vitrină a majorității parlamentare fără
putere de reprezentare, consultare și cu atât mai puțin de negociere.
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