Romania's lower house of parliament votes to withdraw graft decree


  • World
  • Tuesday, 21 Feb 2017

FILE PHOTO: A protester waves Romanian flag during a demonstration in Bucharest, Romania, February 3, 2017. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's lower house of parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly endorsed a government order to scrap a graft decree that triggered mass street protests, international condemnation and a consequent U-turn by the month-old cabinet.

The cabinet of Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu enraged people when it quietly approved on Jan. 31 a decree that would have decriminalised several corruption offences, prompting the largest display of anger since the 1989 fall of communism.

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