A third request to suspend Iohannis from office was set to be discussed and voted upon in the country's parliament on Tuesday.
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00:00Romania's president, Claus Ioannis, announced his resignation on Monday, two months after
00:06a top court annulled the country's presidential election.
00:09Following the resignation, demonstrators doubled down on their demands.
00:13Ioannis had served two five-year terms, but his presidency was extended in December.
00:19In order to protect Romania and its citizens from this crisis, from this useless and negative
00:31evolution, I resign as president of Romania.
00:36The demonstrations against him continued in Bucharest after the announcement.
00:41The second round back?
00:43Yes.
00:44And something else?
00:45Let the government go, we don't want anything else.
00:47For freedom, for true democracy.
00:53Romania plunged into turmoil after Călin Ceaușescu, a far-right ultra-nationalist,
00:59won the first round of the country's presidential election, only for allegations of electoral
01:04violations and Russian interference to emerge.