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| Suspended President Traian Basescu says he's not resigning as president, calls people to referendum |
| Bucharest, 20.04.2007 |
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| Romanian President Traian Basescu said in a televised speech on Friday evening that he would not resign from office following his suspension by the Parliament yesterday. He had previously said that if suspended, he would resign “within five minutes”, but failed to make a stand on his promise until today. His decision today comes two hours after the Constitutional Court admitted that Senate speaker Nicolae Vacaroiu take over as interim head of state.
Basescu said that had he resigned the political crisis would have accentuated in July-August, that is, not long before the European elections due to take place in autumn.
A referendum is due to take place within weeks where Romanian voters are due to decide whether Basescu should be removed from office or not.
Basescu said his decision not to resign as promised was based on his option to put the national interest before political interests.
HotNews.ro, Apr 20, 2007
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Senate speaker Vacaroiu becomes interim President HotNews.ro, Apr 20, 2007
Opposition plans to change electoral law to prevent Traian Basescu from running again for Presidency HotNews.ro, Apr 20, 2007
PM Tariceanu urges people to restrain from public demonstrations HotNews.ro, Apr 19, 2007
Traian Basescu: "Until all procedures are followed, and procedures will end on Monday, I am still the president" HotNews.ro, Apr 19, 2007
Constitutional Court answers Friday. President’s resignation still not official HotNews.ro, Apr 19, 2007
Public meeting to support Basescu HotNews.ro, Apr 19, 2007
Parliament suspends Romanian President HotNews.ro, Apr 19, 2007
Liviu Librescu honored in New York HotNews.ro, Apr 19, 2007
All presidential counselors to resign in case Basescu is suspended HotNews.ro, Apr 19, 2007
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![Traian Băsescu (born November 4, 1951) is a Romanian politician. He is the current President of Romania, inaugurated on December 20, 2004. He won the office in the 2004 presidential election.
Prior to becoming President, he was the Mayor of Bucharest from June 2000 until December 2004.
On April 19, 2007, the Romanian Parliament voted in favour of Băsescu's impeachment,[1] with 322 votes for and 108 against (the minimum number of votes needed was 233).[2] As the Constitutional Court of Romania acknowledged the Parliament's vote on 20 April 2007,[3] Băsescu will remain suspended as president until a referendum scheduled to take place on May 20, 2007 confirms whether the impeachment should stand. Băsescu is the first president in the history of Romania who has been officially suspended.
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