Romania’s Justice Minister Quits as Mass Protests Persist
- Iordache was key figure in government plans that riled public
- Demonstrators planning to ramp up rallies again this weekend
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Romania’s justice minister quit in a renewed bid to placate protesters who’ve continued to turn out even after the government reversed course on controversial measures seen as damaging to anti-graft efforts.
Florin Iordache, 56, announced his resignation Thursday, having been at the center of plans to ease punishment against corrupt officials that brought as many as 600,000 people into streets across the eastern European nation. The cabinet survived a no-confidence motion in parliament the previous day after lawmakers from the ruling Social Democrats boycotted it.