Media in PennsylvaniaThe president of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, resigned as a result of the pressure so that he withdrew before a re -evaluation of a presidential election which was canceled in a controversial way last year.
The December vote was canceled by the Court of Romania after the allegations of the Russian state interference.
The outgoing Iohannis, a pro-EU liberal, said that he would remain in power until a successor was elected in May.
But that had been strongly criticized by far -right politicians and their supporters, who had performed well in the first round of the vote in December.
Their criticisms had inspired tens of thousands of Romanians to take to the streets last month to protest against the cancellation of the elections.
Opposition legislators again launched a request to Parliament on Monday to move for the president’s suspension.
In response, Iohannis said he would resign, with the aim of limiting what he said would have been a “damaging” and divider referendum for the country.
“In order to save Romania and the Romanian citizens of the crisis … I resign from the office of the president of Romania,” he said. He said he would officially retire on Wednesday.
