(ANSA-AFP) - BUCHAREST, DEC 7 - Romania's Prime Minister
Ludovic Orban announced Monday that he was resigning a day after
a disappointing showing for his liberal party in parliamentary
elections. "I have today decided to tender my resignation,"
Orban said in a televised statement after his National Liberal
Party (PNL) came second to the left-wing opposition Social
Democrats. "My decision should clearly show that I'm not
clinging to any position. For me the national interest comes
before the party and personal one", he added. President Klaus
Iohannis is expected to pick another cabinet minister to lead
the government on an interim basis. The PNL party came in second
in Sunday's parliamentary elections, with 25.5 percent, compared
to 30 percent for the Social Democrats Party (PSD), according to
results based on 95 percent of the votes counted. Nevertheless,
the liberals might continue to govern as part of a centre-right
coalition, after president Klaus Iohannis suggested he won't
nominate a prime minister from the PSD. (ANSA-AFP).
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