Reference Message Network reported on May 6 that according to a report by AP on May 5, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciorbu announced his resignation on the 5th. A day earlier, the joint candidate of the ruling coalition failed to enter the second round of voting in the country's presidential election.
The coalition candidate, Clinescu Antonescu, ranked third in the first round of voting on April 4, slightly behind Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Darn, and far behind the far-right nationalist George Simion, who topped the poll.
Reportedly, Ciorbu ranked third in last year's annulled presidential election. He told reporters after a meeting at the headquarters of his Social Democratic Party, "Rather than be dismissed by the future president, I prefer to resign myself."
Before the meeting, Ciorbu said that one of the conditions for forming a coalition government in December last year was to nominate a common candidate to win the presidential election. (Compiled/Translated by Wen Yi)
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciorbu (AFP file photo)
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