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USR lawmakers challenge the interim appointments at TVR and Radio România

Riana Gegiu

16 October 2026, 10:46

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Foto: Facebook/ Cătălin Drulă

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Six USR lawmakers have filed a preliminary complaint seeking the revocation of Parliament’s decision of September 8, 2026, on the appointment of the interim management of TVR and Radio Romania. The challengers argue that the procedure may not have complied with the conditions set out by law.

Cătălin Drulă, Diana Stoica, Gheorghe Șipoș, Cynthia Ioana Păun, Narcis Mircescu and Paul Alexandru Dimitriu are requesting the presentation of documents proving the legality of the appointments. According to the complaint, the decision published in the Official Gazette does not mention the joint sitting of the Chambers of Parliament, which allegedly could not take place due to a lack of quorum, nor the act by which the institutions’ annual report was allegedly rejected.

The lawmakers are seeking the revocation of the decision appointing Sorina Matei to lead the interim management of the Romanian Television Society and Răzvan Ioan Dincă to lead the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Society.

Previously, USR and PNL referred the same appointments to the Constitutional Court, arguing that lawmakers had been unable to vote on the chairpersons of the boards of administration, positions that also include the duties of general director. The interim management was approved by the joint Standing Bureaus in September 2026.

Context: USR and PNL challenged the interim appointments at TVR and Radio Romania before the CCR, citing failure to comply with the procedure

Before the complaint filed by USR lawmakers, PNL and USR had also referred the appointment of the interim leadership of TVR and Radio Romania to the Constitutional Court. The opposition argued that the decision of the reunited Standing Bureaus had been taken in violation of the law and the CCR’s case law, maintaining that interim appointments should have been possible only if the joint plenary session of the two Chambers could not convene due to a lack of quorum.

The challenges also concerned the fact that there was allegedly no evidence that the plenary session had been convened and that the meeting could not take place for this reason. Meanwhile, USR announced that it was also preparing an administrative litigation action, depending on the CCR’s response, and the move came after the court declared unconstitutional the previous decisions regarding the leadership of the public radio and television institutions.