A loud thud reverberated in the chamber after the man, Adrian Sobaru — identified by the country's public television station as one of its engineers — jumped from a height of about 7 meters (23 feet). He hit the benches shortly after Prime Minister Emil Boc greeted the lawmakers. No one else was injured.
Boc looked startled and rushed over to Sobaru, along with other lawmakers, before Speaker Mircea Geoana briefly postponed the session.
Man Jumps from Balcony Romania
Boc called the incident "a tragedy that shocked me," and appealed for calm "in these tough times."
The session resumed without the presence of opposition lawmakers, who walked out when their request to reschedule the motion was not approved. The opposition needed 236 votes to topple the government, which survived because no vote for the motion was cast.
Man Jumps from Balcony Romania
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