Back Référendum révocatoire roumain de 2012 French Referendum in Romania del 2012 Italian Referendum w Rumunii w 2012 roku Polish Referendo sobre o impedimento presidencial na Romênia em 2012 Portuguese Referendumul pentru demiterea președintelui României, 2012 Romanian Румынский референдум по импичменту президента (2012) Russian
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
Do you agree with the dismissal of the President of Romania, Mr. Traian Băsescu? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Results by county | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
The parliament of Romania impeached the former president and called on the nation to dismiss Băsescu on a variety of charges, but Băsescu dismissed the poll as a "putsch" and asked the public to boycott it. Polls showed a majority of Romanians favoring the impeachment of the President, but the turnout was estimated to be around 46%, thus rendering the referendum invalid. The Constitutional court has the final verdict in the case of the validity of the referendum. Final results from the Central Electoral Bureau were published on 1 August 2012. On 2 August 2012, the Court announced that a verdict for the validity of the referendum will be pronounced after 12 September 2012.[2] Until that date, all the authorities have to clear up the electoral lists, in order to correctly calculate the voter turnout. Finally, the verdict will be presented in a joint session of Parliament. Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court rescheduled the verdict for 31 August 2012.[3] A second rescheduling placed the verdict on 21 August 2012.[4] The Constitutional Court of Romania subsequently declared the referendum invalid, reinstating Băsescu as president of Romania, which succeeded on 28 August.[5][6]
- ^ Sam Cage and Luiza Ilie (5 July 2012). "Romania president accuses government of power grab". Reuters. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ Antena 3 (2 August 2012). "The Court postpones a verdict until 12 September".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Curtea Constituţională: Termenul pentru dezbaterea procedurii desfăşurării referendumului, preschimbat în 31 august". Mediafax.ro. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ "UPDATE CCR a devansat sedinta finala pe 21 august la cererea lui Traian Basescu si a cerut Guvernului "sa comunice numarul persoanelor inscrise in listele electorale permanente actualizate pana la 10 iulie" - Esential". HotNews.ro. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Referendum declared invalidwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
BBC BACKwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search