The offending emergency decree issued last week was scrapped on Sunday in the face of the country’s biggest protests since the end of communism in 1989. In a televised statement on Thursday, Iordache said: "Ever since I came to the Justice Ministry, I planned and I also performed all legal procedures to correct a number of sensitive existing problems. “I have decided to offer my resignation,” Iordache told reporters on Thursday, adding that all of his initiatives were “legal and constitutional”. However, this was not enough for public opinion, so I have decided to submit my resignation.”

Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu said European Affairs Minister Ana Birchall would also hold the justice portfolio until a permanent replacement for Iordache was chosen. The text of the no-confidence motion, signed by 123 members of opposition parties, read: "Romanian society has been betrayed and the citizen has been lied to by those who were granted his vote during the election."
Romanian Justice Minister Florin Iordache resigns after losing the support of Prime-Minister Sorin Grindeanu.