- UPDATE The procedure went on and the censure was read before the Parliament on Monday afternoon. The PSD, which welcomed to MPs from a smaller political group into its own group today, claimed it had the necessary votes to pass the motion. And PM Orban dimissed rumours that he had reached a behind-the scenes deal with the PSD to see early general elections take place when local elections are due to be organised in June.
But the interim leader of the Social Democrats Marcel Ciolacu had said he only needed a single more vote to secure support for the bill. Ciolacu also warned his party's MPs that an absence from voting the motion would prompt their removal from electoral lists in upcoming elections.
Talk of early elections as a way to secure a stronger support for the Liberal government - which leads in opinion polls - have been growing since the start of the year. But means to prompt such an early poll are very few, and the fall of a government by means of censure motion is one of them.
Still, there are many implications that would see MPs wanting to avoid an early poll that would put an early end to their terms in office and the government appears to resist censure motion pressure.