* Crin Antonescu: Băsescu is an illegitimate president
* Ponta: I will not accept for Băsescu to continue to be a president as well as a prime minister
* Vasile Blaga: The political war needs to stop
The Plenum of the Romanian Constitutional Court (CCR) yesterday voted, with 6 votes in favor and 3 against, that the organization and the development of the referendum for the dismissal of the president of July 29th, was honored, meaning that the suspended president, Traian Băsescu, would resume his functions of president of the state, and return to the Cotroceni Palace. The decision will come into effect on the date of its publication of the Official Gazette, the moment when the interim presidency of Crin Antonescu will end.
The court also noted that a total of 18,292,464 people recorded on the permanent electoral lists, and that the quorum set by the Constitutional Court of Romania, for the procedure for the dismissal of Băsescu was not met, as the vote attendance was 46.24%.
The decision of the Court will be read, today, in the plenum of the Constitutional Court, according to the statements of the president of the institution, Augustin Zegrean.
After the reading of the Decision of the Court, it will be sent to the Parliament, which, according to the quorum conditions, will need to acknowledge that decision. Once the decision will be read in the plenum of the two reunited Chambers, it will be published in the Official Gazette, and the suspended president will resume his mandate in Cotroceni.
* Crin Antonescu: I will honor the decision of the CCR, but Băsescu is an illegitimate president
Interim president, Crin Antonescu, yesterday had a very critical reaction against Traian Băsescu, saying that both him, and the NLP will honor the decision of the Constitutional Court to invalidate the referendum, even though he considers
