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Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has announced that he will resign on February 12, Romania Insider reports.
"To save Romania and its citizens from the crisis, I am resigning from the position of President of Romania. The day after tomorrow, February 12, I will leave office," the politician said.
It is worth noting that today, February 10, the opposition parties of Romania registered the issue of the impeachment of Iohannis in the parliament. The Romanian politician remained in office longer than the established term due to the restart of the election procedure.
Iohannis' presidential mandate ended on December 21, 2024, after the annulment of the Romanian election results due to Russian interference. Since then, he has continued to serve until a new head of state is elected.
Romania's ruling coalition decided on Wednesday, January 8, to hold a repeat presidential election. The 2025 presidential election will be repeated after Romania's Constitutional Court decided to annul the first round of the election.
It later became known that the Romanian government had adopted resolutions setting May 4 as the date for the first round of the presidential election and local elections in certain administrative-territorial units. If necessary, the second round of the Romanian presidential election should take place two weeks after the first, i.e. on May 18.
As you know, the first round of voting in the presidential election took place in Romania in November 2024. A poll conducted the day before indicated the leadership of the country's left-wing Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and the head of the opposition far-right party AUR, Gheorghe Simion. Therefore, it was expected that they would compete for the presidency in the second round of the election.
Instead, in the first round of the presidential elections in Romania, the far-right candidate Calin Georgescu won, gaining 2120404 votes. The second place with 1772503 votes was taken by the representative of the liberal-conservatives Elena Lasconi. In third place is the current Prime Minister of the country, Marcel Ciolacu, who was supported by 19,15% of voters. He actively supports Ukraine, in particular, its accession to the European Union and NATO.
By the way, far-right politician Calin Georgescu, who wants to become president of Romania, called Ukraine a “fictional state.” Georgescu also criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him a “semi-dictator.”
