BUCHAREST, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- Romania's centre-left government led by Victor Ponta on Tuesday easily survived the motion of no-confidence initiated by main opposition the National Liberal Party.
The motion was defeated at a plenary session of the Parliament, as it garnered 207 votes in favour, far from the required minimum of 278 votes, half plus 1 in the 554-seat bicameral parliament.
It was the second no-confidence vote of this year and the fourth for Ponta's cabinet.
Prime Minister Victor Ponta was sent to court on Sept. 17 by the National Anti-corruption Directorate which in early June opened a criminal investigation against the incumbent prime minister, who allegedly received unjustifiable payments and benefits from the legal firm of fellow Social Democrat Senator Dan Sova, when they were both lawyers.
The case put the young prime minister in an awkward situation, and the opposition has been stepping up attacks against him, calling for his resignation.
