Romania appoints Cimpeanu interim PM

A few 90 people remain hospitalized in serious or critical condition in hospitals around the capital, many suffering from burns.

The protesters have blamed widespread corruption for the deaths of 32 people in a nightclub fire and want widespread political reform.

“I have the obligation to see the legitimate grief in society”.

Earlier that day, president Klaus Iohannis said that protesters should send a list of their representatives by midnight, who could come to the Cotroceni Palace for consultations the next day.

The U.S. Ambassador to Romania has praised mass anti-corruption protests that erupted after a nightclub fire that killed more than 30 and led to the collapse of the Romanian government.

Iohannis’ choices for the caretaker PM are limited to the cabinet ministers in the outgoing government, but he is not required to follow Ponta’s suggestion.

Following a devastating fire at a nightclub, Romanians have taken to the streets to protest corruption that kills.

Ponta has been facing growing calls to resign for more than a year due to a number of damaging scandals. “If in 1989 (anti-Communist revolution) people fought for liberty, in 2015 we are fighting for justice”, said protester, Hans. The central bank said Thursday that political uncertainty influenced its decision to leave borrowing costs unchanged and complicates monetary-policy making.

A common link in many recent political upheavals, notes the watchdog group Transparency worldwide, is a surge in popular demand for honest governance.

BUCHARESTRomania’s ruling leftists will stop short of proposing a new prime minister to replace Victor Ponta, the party’s leader said, and wants any nominees to have wide political backing while the centrist opposition eyes an early election.

On 5 November, he appointed an interim prime minister, Sorin Campeanu, former Minister for Education, who is another member of the Old Guard.

Piedone, who also resigned on Wednesday, said he was morally guilty for the deadliest fire in Romania’s history.