(AP) - Bucharest, Romania Romanian election officials announced Sunday night national presidential impeachment grounds that he go beyond his powers and the referendum failed because the low turnout.
The Central Election Bureau in Sunday's referendum on President Basescu vote, 45.92%, 3% of the profit margin of error. Such a referendum under the law, if less than half the voters cast ballots invalid. The Bureau did not immediately give the result of voting, two exit polls show that more than 80% in favor of the impeachment of Basescu.
"Romanians have expired, did not participate in the vote on the referendum", Basescu said, he announced on national television, he has survived the vote.
However, he admitted that he has already lost the support of the people, and promised to 190,000 in 1989 to get rid of the communist country toward reconciliation and cooperation.
"I promise, once I go back to the Romanians ... I will try to reconciliation in the atmosphere in the community," he said. "Obviously, the Romanians is not satisfied with what happened in recent years. Split of the society, they must be eliminated, because Romania needs all the energy into the civilized world must stop."
Political instability have weakened the credibility of Romania and the United States and the European Union, said the suspected left-leaning governments to respect the independence of the judiciary. Critics accuse the government leaders, Prime Minister Victor Peng, planning efforts to expel Basescu. Peng claimed that behind the efforts to make public scandal involving plagiarized his doctoral thesis in 2004 in Punta, accusing President.
Basescu accused his opponents in the government in violation of the Constitution, beyond his power to interfere in the day-to-day running of the country, the appointment of the loyalty of key positions in the judicial system and the secret service of his political opponents. Basescu claimed that his opponent to seize control of the judicial system and the EU funds. Romania to join the EU in 2007.
, The former captain, Basescu called on his opponent in the impeachment process for political retaliation, and called on supporters to boycott the vote - a tactic, apparently to help him survive.
President Basescu since 2004 has been to see his approval of the decline, the government launched in 2010 tightening measures to meet the needs of billions of euros (dollars) in loans in exchange for the IMF requirements. Government to cut a quarter of people's wages and 24% of the sales tax increase, one of the highest in the EU.
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