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RESIGNATION <\/strong>– Romania’s
\nPrime Minister, Social-Democrat Victor Ponta has announced he is stepping down
\ntogether with his cabinet. The decision comes after last night’s demonstration
\nin the memory of the victims of a nightclub fire turned into a protest. Over 25
\nthousand people took to the streets of Bucharest last night denouncing the
\ncorruption of central and local administrations at the same time calling for
\nthe resignation of Prime Minister Ponta, Deputy Prime Minister Gabriel Oprea
\nand the mayor of Bucharest’s district four where 32 club-goers were killed in a
\ndeadly fire on Friday night. The mayor of district four, Cristian Popescu-Piedone, has also stepped down. <\/span>The Prime Minister has said he cannot ignore the
\nlegitimate anger society is feeling at the moment adding that he hopes the
\ngovernment’s resignation will meet people’s expectations. He made an appeal to
\nreason saying that street unrest could affect the country’s economic stability.
\nPonta has also said that those politically speculating people’s suffering will
\npay dearly. We recall that 32 people lost their lives and 130 have been admitted
\nto hospitals, mostly in a critical condition – following the deadly fire during
\na rock concert in Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest. Doctors say the death toll
\ncould go higher because of the atypical injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

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