Romania's president resigns to avoid authorities
Romania's president resigns to avoid authorities
The outgoing President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, announced his resignation on Monday after right -wing opposition parties in parliament planned to remove him from the office. This leads to another political upheaval in the EU and NATO member state that borders on Ukraine.
institutional turbulence in Romania
Last year Romania plunged into an institutional chaos when the little-known, right-wing NATO critic Calin Georgescu won the first round of the presidential elections. Despite the allegations of a Russian interference, which were denied by Moscow, Romania's top court raised the entire election.new elections and impeachment procedures
The two election rounds were scheduled for May 4th and 18th. However, the Supreme Court had stipulated that Iohannis would remain in office until his successor was elected until his second and last term on December 21. In January, three right opposition parties, which control around 35% of the seats in parliament, initiated an office procedure against Iohannis.
the political situation and the consequences
Since the vote on the office creation procedure is imminent and Iohannis is increasingly unpopular, analysts have pointed out that some MPs of the established, pro-European parties could provide the necessary votes for the right-wing opposition. Iohannis said: "The request will have both interior and foreign policy consequences. To save Romania this senseless and negative crisis ... I step back from my office as president."
temporary presidency
The President of the Senate, Ilie Bolojan, the chairman of the liberal party and member of the government coalition, will act as an interim president with limited powers until the election. The three right groups, the support of which has increased since Georgescus, has increased their campaign against Iohannis to organize protests and determine the political agenda.
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