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BUCHAREST, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Romanian Minister of Justice Florin Iordache announced his resignation on Thursday.
The decision came some 10 days after the emergency ordinance formulated by his ministry caused huge anti-government protests in the country.
However, even when announcing his resignation, Iordache stressed that all initiatives were "legal and constitutional."
Earlier in the day, the country's constitutional court rejected as inadmissible claims that the government introducing the emergency ordinance amending the country's criminal codes was unconstitutional.
On Wednesday, the court established that there is no legal conflict of a constitutional nature between state powers following the adoption of the controversial emergency ordinance, pointing out that the government acted legally within its competence of issuing ordinances.
Romania has seen mass protests after the coalition government adopted an emergency ordinance on amending criminal codes on Jan. 31.
The opposition and protesters complained that the changes would likely prevent some politicians charged with crimes from being punished.
The authorities had to annul the ordinance on Sunday amid mass protests. However, demonstrations across the country did not stop, with protesters as well as opposition parties led by the Liberals putting forward new demands for the government to step down.
A few days ago, Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu said the Justice Ministry and Iordache would take responsibility for the poor communication and confusion related to the adoption of this emergency ordinance. Enditem
