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2012 Romanian presidential impeachment referendum

A referendum on impeaching President Traian Băsescu was held in Romania on 29 July 2012. The referendum was required after Parliament voted in favour of impeaching Băsescu on 6 July, and had to take place within a month.[1] It was the second referendum on impeaching Băsescu, the first having been held in May 2007, in which 74% of voters chose to keep him in office. Băsescu was later narrowly re-elected in 2009.

Verdict[edit]

The Romanian constitutional court subsequently declared the referendum invalid[5] by a vote of 6–3 due to the fact that turnout did not reach 50%. The move reinstated Băsescu as president of Romania.[6] Acting President Crin Antonescu, however, said that Băsescu was an "illegitimate" leader because he was suspended by parliament.[31] As a reaction to the verdict, hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Bucharest, calling for Băsescu's resignation.[32]

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