President Iohannis promises to closely monitor Parliament proceedings on emigration vote

AGERPRES correspondent Florentina Peia reports: The voting procedures for the Romanian citizens abroad is a priority of this session of the Parliament, President Klaus Iohannis declared on Thursday night; he promised to monitor closely 'the way things advance in the Parliament' on this matter.

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'I wish to have new party and election campaign financing rules, stricter and more open. I wish new rules for the political parties, encouraging participation and bringing politics closer to the citizen. I especially want a law to ensure the right to vote of citizens abroad. Guaranteeing the conditions and finding a solution to allow all the Romanians in the emigration exerting their constitutional right to vote is a matter of principle. This is a priority of the current parliamentary session and I will closely monitor the way things advance in the Parliament,' the President said at the meeting with representatives of the Romanian community of Germany hosted by the Romanian embassy in Berlin.

Iohannis declared himself aware of the last November vote being 'the carrier of great hope' and pointed out that his presence among Romanians in Berlin was 'the expression of the aspiration of a foreign policy close to Romanian citizens, wherever they are.'

'I have assumed a more creative, more open and more active foreign policy, through which we exploit opportunities, consolidate relations and make ourselves heard in the world. I want Romanians, wherever they live, be proud of the way they are represented abroad. And I wish the strengthening of our relations with other states has practical consequences for any citizen,' he added.

He also stressed his intention of changing the way of doing politics.

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