Romania government topples after no-confidence vote
Mihai Razvan Ungureanu
Romania’s government fell today in a no-confidence vote, as opposition parties seized on widespread public anger over biting austerity measures, cronyism and corruption.
Some 235 MPs voted against the government of Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, four more votes than needed.
Opposition leader Victor Ponta said the vote represented the end “of an abusive system that uses any weapon possible”.
“Sometimes there is justice. Today there was justice,” he declared.
President Traian Basescu will nominate a new Prime Minister who will then need to present a governing programme to Parliament for approval.
The Czech government also faces a vote of no confidence today, which it is expected to survive amid growing public anger against austerity measures and corruption.
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