Teodor Melescanu

Teodor Melescanu, who recently became the Foreign Ministry of Romania, has stepped down due to the poor organization of Sunday's presidential elections abroad.

"I take full responsibility for what happened and will present my resignation in today's government meeting," Teodor Melescanu said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced on the opening of the Government meeting on Tuesday he will nominate Romania's ambassador to the EU Mihnea Motoc as the new minister of foreign affairs.

Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu announced he would tender resignation at the Government's meeting on Tuesday.

Central Electoral Bureau spokesperson Marian Muhulet told AGERPRES the Bureau did not receive any proposition from the Foreign Affairs Ministry to extend the voting hours in the polling stations abroad.

'We did not receive anything so far, it might have sent it to the Electoral Bureau No. 48 [for the polling stations abroad],' he mentioned.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Melescanu and Romania's Ambassador in Paris Bogdan Mazuru met on Sunday with the observers accredited to the polling stations in Paris to discuss the way the voting process unfurled in the capital of France in the two rounds for the election of the Romanian President.

Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu makes an appeal to the Romanian voters from abroad to hit the polls on Nov. 16 as early as possible.

PSD-UNPR-PC presidential front-runner Victor Ponta said on Wednesday evening that he is ready to be the President Romania needs.

Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu announced on Tuesday that his ministry, later in the day, will send the Central Electoral Bureau a range of written proposals for a better organisation of the vote in this Sunday's presidential runoff for the Romanians living abroad, including a proposal to set up more polling stations.

President Traian Basescu told newly appointed Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu he got the position only considering the current emergency concerning the voting abroad in the presidential election.

Basescu mentioned Melescanu's record as a Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) head as the reason for his reluctance.