Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced he will step down, effective Wednesday, to avoid the spectacle of an impeachment process launched by Bucharest’s parliament.

Axar.az reports that, citing Politico, Iohannis, who has been president since 2014, was due to leave office after Romania’s presidential elections at the end of last year. However, his term was temporarily extended after the Constitutional Court ordered a rerun of the vote following concerns about Russian interference.

Romania has been in political turmoil since the first round of voting in November saw Călin Georgescu, a far-right independent, catapulted from obscurity into the lead.