Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced his resignation on Monday, following growing pressure from populist opposition groups, two months after a higher court annulled a presidential election in the European Union country.

“To free Romania from this crisis, I resign as President of Romania,” he said, adding that he would step down on February 12.

Iohannis, 65, had held the presidential office since 2014, having completed the maximum of two five-year terms. However, his presidency was extended in December after the Constitutional Court annulled the presidential race just two days before the second-round vote on December 8.

This decision followed an unexpected victory by the far-right populist Calin Georgescu in the first round, which was followed by allegations of Russian interference and electoral violations.

Victims in the legal case against former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe have requested that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH), the United Nations, and other international organizations send observers to monitor the trial against the former leader.

“The victims’ group announces that it will appeal to the CIDH, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, and internationally recognized NGOs to designate international observers to attend the trial, in order to ensure the right to justice is upheld and that judges and magistrates imparting justice are respected,” said the victims, led by left-wing senator Iván Cepeda.

Last Thursday, the trial began against the former Colombian president on charges of bribery, process fraud, and bribery in criminal proceedings.

In this trial, in which for the first time a former Colombian president faces criminal charges, Judge Sandra Liliana Heredia will have to decide whether the Prosecution’s accusations against Uribe are valid or if, as the defense claims, Uribe is innocent of the charges.

Paraguayan authorities have dismantled an alleged drug trafficking network operating inside a prison in the Misionesdepartment (south), located on the border with Argentina. The network was also distributing drugs outside the facility, according to a statement released on Monday by the Ministry of Justice.

Víctor Benítez Salinas, Deputy Minister of Criminal Policy at the Ministry of Justice, reported in a press conference that on Sunday, authorities intervened in the Admission Baja and Pilar B pavilions of the Misiones Regional Penitentiary, after receiving intelligence about an alleged drug sales scheme.

In total, authorities seized 166.1 grams of cocaine, distributed into 285 doses, 1.15 kilograms of marijuana, in 44 small doses and 10 larger packages, according to the deputy minister.

Additionally, approximately three million guaraníes (around 380 US dollars) in cash were seized, along with alcoholic beverages and mobile phones, believed to have been obtained from the sale of these illicit substances.