Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta has announced that he decided to step down from the leadership of his Social Democratic Party (PSD) until he proves his innocence against the charges anti-graft prosecutors contain issued against him. He made the statement weeks after the National Anti-Corruption Department (DNA) launched a graft investigation against him,prompting insisting calls - including President Klaus Iohannis' - for him to step down as head of government, which he has rejected so far.
UPDATE PSD interim president Rovana Plumb later today said Ponta did not resign, and but stepped down temporarily as head of the party. She said Ponta's resignation as prime minister was out of the question as it would provoke a "major political crisis". And she said she would serve as interim until the next party congress,which is due next year.
Source: hotnews.ro