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bucharest - The withdrawal of a controversial decree Sunday by the Romanian Government, no end yet created the mass protests in the Romanian capital Bucharest. Sunday, tens of thousands of Romanians went back to the streets. They now demanded the resignation of the government of Sorin Grindeanu.

In the central Piata Victoriei in Bucharest came Sunday an estimated 220 000 protesters gathered demanding the resignation of the government. were laser slogans displayed on the facade of the government building as ' resign ''.

Under pressure from the day-long mass protests attracted the Romanian government Sunday the controversial amnesty for some forms of corruption. Grindeanu decided Sunday in a special cabinet meeting formally to abandon the plan. The scheme would only abuse of office are punishable as fraudulent converted amount exceeds 50 000. Grindeanu argued that the prisons are overcrowded and that it is with this scheme a lot of detainees. He also said that the measures criminal law into line with recent decisions of the Supreme Court.

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. '