Suspended President avoids Romanian impeachment after a low turnout for the Parliament’s voting

Romania’s Basescu survives impeachment vote

AFP – Romania’s suspended president Traian Basescu was poised to survive an impeachment vote due to low turnout, according to provisional figures released by the polling panel. The central electoral bureau said the provisional figures showed that turnout stood at 45.92 percent, short of the 50 percent threshold. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles