Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced on Monday that he would withdraw on Wednesday, February 12. He complied with the increasing pressure of his critics trying to reach his appeal. TASR reports this based on AFP and AGERPRES reports. The President’s withdrawal is related to the decision of the Constitutional Court that in December annulled the results of the first round of elections for illegal interventions in the election campaign on social networks.
The Iohannis term of office should have ended on December 21, 2024. However, the Romanian Constitutional Court annulled the results of the November first round of the presidential election in December, which won the far -right Calin Georgescu candidate. According to the findings of the news services, the fairness of voting was disrupted by Russia through thousands of accounts on the Platforms of the Tick and Telegram. Moscow denied these claims.
Pro -European oriented iohannis subsequently declared that He will remain as he is elected to the election of his successor, which will be decided in May in new elections. However, the pressure against Iohannis subsequently increased in the parliament where right-wing-populist MPs have repeatedly attempted to withdraw. The last of these attempts started on Monday, and a few days later they were to vote on a proposal to suspend Iohanniso’s mandate performance, AFP said.
“In order to save Romania and Romanian citizens from the crisis … I withdraw from the position of Romanian President,” The President announced on Monday, saying that he officially resigns on Wednesday, February 12.
A week after the surprising victory of Georgesca in the first round of the presidential election, parliamentary elections were also held in Romania. The nationalist block of the parties gained 32 percent, thus improving three times compared to the previous elections of 2020. However, the pro -Western parties subsequently concluded a coalition agreement without the participation of the far right.
The far right has organized several protests to protest the results of the first round of the presidential election in recent times And part of it asked for Iohannis’s resignation. Iohannis, who has been president since 2014, should now probably replace the chairman of the Senate and the leader of Liberals Ilie Bolojan, said AFP.
The first round of the new presidential elections will take place on May 4 and any second of May 18. The second round will be held if none of the candidates in the first round is more than 50 percent of the votes, with the two most successful candidates of the first round.
