page_title: 2012 Romanian protests
section_title: Suspended president reinstated
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 Romanian protests / Other protests / Suspended president reinstated
caption_attribution_description: English: A rally in favor of President Băsescu's impeachment (University Square, Bucharest). In the background, a column of smoke rising from Mătasea Populară Factory, which had caught fire in an unrelated incident.
context_page_description: The 2012 Romanian protests were a series of protests and civil manifestations triggered by the introduction of new health reform legislation. In particular, President Traian Băsescu criticized the Deputy Minister of Health, Raed Arafat, on a Romanian television broadcast. The protests became violent, with both protesters and members of the Gendarmerie sustaining injuries during their clashes. On the morning of 5 February 2012, Prime Minister Emil Boc announced his resignation because of the protests. He said that his decision would release the tension in the country's political and social situation.
  Protests, on a lesser scale, continued in University Square in Bucharest. The protesters demanded the president's resignation and early general elections.
  There were ongoing protests in Romania in subsequent months over a variety of disagreements.
context_section_description: People have started to walk protesting in front of Cotroceni Palace after the decision of the Constitutional Court of Romania to reinstate the suspended president. The demonstrations degenerated in conflicts between the opposing groups: Băsescu's detractors and Băsescu's sympathizers.
  The Constitutional Group "Timișoara", coordinated by Lorin Fortuna, considers that Romania, after a politically agitated summer, is not state of law, sovereign and independent. The group proposes an action plan, by that the Romanian people recovers its sovereignty. The plan, called "Justice for Romania!", includes several points, starting from the establishment of a national civic organization, which will organize large popular movements and will result in replacing the current president, unworthy and illegitimate, according to GCT, through a popular action similar to that of 1989.
caption: Anti-Băsescu protests in Bucharest, on 5 July 2012
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