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Romanian Foreign Minister Axed for Insulting Protesters
World | January 23, 2012, Monday // 16:38
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A Romanian protester wearing the national flag on her shoulders, smokes a cigarette in front of a banner reading `Clotting civil society`, during a protest against the Romanian government in Bucharest, Romania, 22 January 2012. EPA/BGNES
Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi has been fired by the country's PM Emil Boc for his inappropriate remarks on protesters in Bucharest.
"I have taken the decision to recall Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi and have forwarded a proposal to the Romanian president to remove him from his functions for the comments he made," Boc declared on Monday.
Boc made the announcement about Baconschi's dismissal shortly after apologizing before the joint chambers of the Parliament for communication failures on behalf of some cabinet members, HotNews.ro informs.
Last week, as mass anti-government protests were raging in the Balkan country, Baconschi described the protesters as "violent and clueless slums" in his blog, stating they were not the people who could decide the country's future.
"Romanians protest not only because they are unhappy with the austerity measures, but because they are unhappy with the entire political class in Romania, not only with the government," Boc also stated during his speech on Monday.
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