Romania govt vows to repeal law that goes easy on corruption
BUCHAREST, Romania — After mass protests that have rocked the country for days, Romania’s government announced Saturday that it will repeal a highly controversial emergency decree that decriminalizes official misconduct.
Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu said the government would hold an emergency meeting Sunday to withdraw the decree, which has sparked the biggest protests in Romania since the end of communism in 1989.
“I don’t want to divide Romania … Romania in this moment seems broken in two,” Grindeanu told reporters.
Protesters were angry that the measure would water down the country’s fight against corrupt officials. Tens of thousands took to the streets for the fifth consecutive day Saturday, marching through Bucharest and forming a human chain around the Palace of the Parliament built by late Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu.