Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta
has resigned after some 20,000 people took to the streets to protest
over a nightclub fire
that killed 32 people.Friday night's blaze in Bucharest started when a band performing at the club set off fireworks inside.
Demonstrators called for Mr Ponta to step down, complaining of government corruption and poor safety supervision.
"I'm handing in my mandate, I'm resigning, and implicitly my government too," Mr Ponta said in a statement.
"I hope the government's resignation will satisfy the people who came out in the streets," he added.
Source: BBC
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