Bowing to pressure, PM Sorin Grindeanu said on Sunday: "I do not want to divide Romania.
The decree triggered the largest street protests in the country since the fall of communism in 1989.
"Tens of thousands of protesters in Bucharest cheered the move, but vowed to keep the pressure on the cabinet.
Image copyright EPA Image caption Protesters have been holding mass rallies for nearly a weekRomania`s government is to hold an urgent meeting to scrap a decree that would have shielded many politicians from prosecution for corruption.
But critics saw it as a way for the PSD to absolve officials convicted or accused of corruption.
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