BUCHAREST, (Reuters) – Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta said he would stand down as leader of the ruling PSD party yesterday until prosecutors have completed a criminal investigation against him.
He says the allegations of forgery, money laundering and tax evasion, dating from before he became prime minister, are politically motivated and has denied any wrongdoing.
“There is a new and special situation that I must react to,” he said in a letter posted on his Facebook page and addressed to his leftist Social Democrat party’s senior members.
