Deputies approved the termination of Anastase’s term with 160 votes in favor and one vote against. Sixteen MPs abstained from voting. Anastase was replaced by Valeriu Zgonea, head of the social democrat group in the chamber, who got 161 votes in favor.
On Tuesday afternoon, senators dismissed democrat liberal Vasile Blaga from the office of Senate chairman and replaced him with liberal leader Crin Antonescu.