Some of his intra-party opposition were even calling for Anastasiadis to step down.

The state's current transition rules call for the Senate president to step in when the governor leaves the state or resigns.

Obama decided not to call for Mubarak to step down.

But it does call for the party and Government to step back from direct control of economic life.

I am calling upon all people of good will in all communities to step back from their anger.

Why are you calling for Assad to step aside now, just as he has announced that military operations have stopped?

And Washington has been calling on Germany for years to step into such a role.

He called on the EU to step in to prevent the situation from escalating into a civil war.

Even some Shiite leaders are now calling on him to step aside.

He also called on the United States to step in more forcefully than it has.