Nightclub fire ignites storm of Romanian protests against corruption that continue after PM leaves | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Thousands of Romanians have taken to the streets of the capital for a second night to call for end to corruption despite the resignation of the country’s prime minister. Prime Minister Victor Ponta quit earlier on Wednesday after mass protests triggered by a night club fire that killed 32 people. More than 30,000 people demonstrated in…

. For Romanian President Klaus Iohannis who was elected on an anti-corruption ticket last November, the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta has been too long in coming. Last September Ponta became the first sitting Romanian prime minister to go on trial for corruption was already under pressure to quit from the opposition Liberals as well…