<p>Romania’s government fell on Friday in a no-confidence vote, as opposition parties seized on widespread public anger over biting austerity measures, cronyism and corruption.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Some 235 lawmakers voted against the government of Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, four more votes than needed.<br /><br />Opposition leader Victor Ponta said the vote represented the end “of an abusive system that uses any weapon possible.”<br /><br />“Sometimes there is justice. Today there was justice,” he declared.<br />President Traian Basescu will nominate a new prime minister who will then need to present a governing programme to Parliament for approval.<br /><br />Former Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, whose four-year-old government was toppled in February after weeks of often violent protests over austerity measures, called the vote “a victory for opportunism in politics and party swapping.”<br /><br />However, he added: “I take responsibility for this failure.”</p>
<p>Romania’s government fell on Friday in a no-confidence vote, as opposition parties seized on widespread public anger over biting austerity measures, cronyism and corruption.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Some 235 lawmakers voted against the government of Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, four more votes than needed.<br /><br />Opposition leader Victor Ponta said the vote represented the end “of an abusive system that uses any weapon possible.”<br /><br />“Sometimes there is justice. Today there was justice,” he declared.<br />President Traian Basescu will nominate a new prime minister who will then need to present a governing programme to Parliament for approval.<br /><br />Former Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, whose four-year-old government was toppled in February after weeks of often violent protests over austerity measures, called the vote “a victory for opportunism in politics and party swapping.”<br /><br />However, he added: “I take responsibility for this failure.”</p>