Half a million angry Romanians street

Half a million angry Romanians street

World February 5, 2017 22:18

bucharest - An estimated half a million Romanians are Sunday in several cities took to the streets to demonstrate against the government. It was reportedly to the largest number of protesters in the history of the EU country. They demand the resignation of the government of Sorin Grindeanu.

Just in capital Bucharest thronged around 220 000 people gather in the main square Piata Victoriei with the Government Building.

In Romania, for days massively demonstrated against a controversial decree of amnesty for some forms of corruption. Although the government Grindeanu the decree Sunday officially withdrew, the protesters kept coming. On the facade of the government building were Sunday laser slogans depicted as ' resign ''.

Under pressure from the day-long mass protests Grindeanu decided to withdraw the decree. That happened Sunday in a special cabinet meeting. The scheme would be abuse of office settled with a penalty as the fraudulent amount exceeds converted 50. 000. Grindeanu argued that the prisons are overcrowded and that it is with this scheme a lot of detainees.

But the past few days, hundreds of thousands of Romanians took to the streets to protest against the regime. President Klaus Iohannis, justice watchdog CSM and the Ombudsman of Romania complained to the Constitutional Court. Internationally, there was criticism.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Justice is getting picked in the Cabinet. According to Prime Minister Grindeanu the population namely not understood the meaning of the Act because of poor communication by Justice Minister Florin Iordache. The leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party declared that the prime minister should go talk to him about his ' stay on or not. '

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