Thousands of protesters gathered in several Romanian cities on Saturday evening condemning the conditions of the November 2 first round of the presidential election for voters abroad. They used social media to claim solidarity with the Romanian emigrants from Europe who couldn’t vote in normal conditions the previous week and chanted anti-governmental slogans. Thousands of Romanians have protested in Cluj, Timisoara, Iași, Constanta, Ramnicu Valcea, Sibiu and Bucharest, while hundreds have made their voices heard in London, Dublin and Paris, according to Business-Review.eu.
According to a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from November 9, approximately 800 employees have been assigned for the polling stations abroad to assist the second round of the presidential election.
Also, president Traian Basescu called for the immediate dismissal of Foreign Affairs Minister Titus Corlatean, whom he accuses of missinforming and of attempting to prevent Romanians abroad from voting, informs Agerpres news wire. Moreover, Basescu claims that Corlatean misinformed when he asserted he could not increase the number of polling stations abroad. The minister had issued a media statement on November 7, saying he ‘legally could not increase the number of polling stations abroad, although the BEC [Central Electoral Bureau] authorized it by its Decision No. 4H of November 4 2014, published in the Official Gazette,’ the release pointed out, quoted by Agerpres.
Read more HERE
