Sorin Grindeanu, Romania's designated Prime Minister, addresses the Romanian Parliament, in Bucharest, Romania, January 4, 2017. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea/via REUTERS

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu will make a statement at 1820 GMT (1320 EST) on Saturday, his press office said, as some 70,000 people gathered to protest at a decree that decriminalizes some graft offences.

The leader of Grindeanu’s Social Democrats (PSD) said earlier on Saturday the government might withdraw the decree.