Tariceanu begins collecting signatures required to run for president

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Senate Speaker Calin Popescu-Tariceanu announced on Tuesday he had begun collecting the signatures required for him to run for President of Romania in this November's polls.

'The founding congress of the Liberal Reformist Party will be held at the end of this month, we will officially announce the date and I will also officially launch my candidacy for the presidential elections on that occasion', Tariceanu said at the Senate offices.

He stressed the party has not yet been registered. 'I think the matter of my running as an independent or under the party banner is rather technical, it has no relevance, since the political decision to run for president is the one that is important', he added.AGERPRES

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