Florin Roman MP announced his hunger strike that lasted just three hours (Picture: CEN)

A Romanian MP went on a hunger strike on Tuesday in a protest to his government – but it only lasted a mere three hours.

Florin Roman managed not to eat anything between lunch and dinner after beginning the strike at 3pm and ending at 6pm.

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The member of the country’s National Liberal Party took the drastic move in protest that the government hadn’t allocated money for a monument to be built in Alba Iulia, a city in central Romania.

But just three hours into the strike, it emerged a staggering 18.8million RON (£3.3million) had been granted to construct the Alba Iulia Monument.




It was not believed to be a direct result of the strike.

The politician was unhappy no money had been granted for a monument in Alba Iulia (Picture: CEN)

The monument will be erected at the Romanian Orthodox Church in Alba Iulia (Picture: Bildagentur-online/UIG via Getty Images)

The Social-Democratic leader Liviu Dragnea and the National Liberal Party leader Ludovic Orban told Mr Roman the news – and he quickly suspended his hunger strike.

Romania will next year celebrate a century since the Great Union, which brought together the country’s historical regions.

The proclamation was signed in Alba Iulia on December 1, 1918 and united Romania with Transylvania and several other provinces.