The draft lustration law, which abridges certain rights of the people who were part of the late communist apparatus, on Tuesday received a final vote in the Chamber of Deputies, the decision-making chamber in this case.

The draft law passed 167 to 0 and four abstentions.

Exempt from the provisions of the lustration law, according to the vote of the Chamber of Deputies, will be people who were heads of diplomatic missions or consular offices abroad as well as related staff.

The exemption had been repealed in the Senate, at the request of Chairman of the Senate’s Judicial Committee Daniel Buda, who argued that the provision was ‘material error.’

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