Romanian President Klaus Iohannis resigns to avoid political crisis!
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis resigned from office on Monday in a move he said was to prevent the country from entering a crisis that would ensue after parliament was expected to vote on his impeachment.
"To save Romania and its citizens from this crisis, I am resigning from the post of President of Romania. I will leave office the day after tomorrow, February 12," Iohannis said in a statement on Monday.
In office since 2014, Iohannis has already served a maximum of two five-year terms. However, his presidency was extended after the Constitutional Court in December annulled the results of a presidential race in which controversial ultranationalist Calin Georgescu unexpectedly won the first round.
Georgescu's victory was marred by allegations of Russian interference and electoral violations after it emerged that an online sleeper network had artificially boosted his reach on social media in the run-up to the vote.
The country's parliament was expected to discuss and vote on a third motion to suspend Iohannis from office on Tuesday. Two previous motions, filed by opposition parties, were rejected on procedural grounds.
This time, a group of ultranationalist parties - the Youth Party (POT), the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) and SOS, joined by deputies from the Save Romania Union (USR) - managed to gather enough signatures to present the motion.
The head of the Senate will become Romania's interim president after Ioannis' resignation.
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