Participation at the referendum was of 46.24%, with 87.52% of the participants voted for the Basescu's dismissal and 11.15% against, according to final results of the July, 29th referendum, the Electoral Central Bureau (ECB) announced Wednesday.
ECB President, Gabriela Bogasiu, announced Wednesday morning that the members of the Bureau have signed the inspection certificate regarding the final results of the July 29 referendum on President Basescu's dismissal.
She said that soon it would be submitted to the Constitutional Court.
Out of the total 18,292,464 voters included on the permanent lists 8,459,053 have participated at the referendum, representing 46.24%.
Of these, 7,403,836 (87.52%) people voted "Yes", 943,375 (11.15%) voted "No", and 111,842 (1.32%) votes were invalid.
The Constitutional Court is the institution that will decide whether to validate or invalidate the results of the referendum to dismiss the Romanian President.
According to legal regulations, to be confirmed July 29 referendum, the is a 50% plus one voters turnout for the referendum to be validated.
Interim President Antonescu acknwledges that the decision belongs to the Constitutional Court, which has to make a very difficult decision. On the other hand, Basescu argues that the referendum can not be validated and expects to return to Cotroceni.