Maramures: Melescanu states he entered presidential race due to moral and professional obligation

Teodor Melescanu, an independent candidate to the Presidency of Romania, has stated, on Sunday, in Baia Mare, that he has taken this step due to a moral and professional obligation.

"I am running for a very simple reason: through the nature of my activity, of my activity as a professor, but also my administrative activities I've realized that Romania is in an extremely delicate period both internally and externally. In the coming period I expect us to be faced with many hardships. Externally, it's about of the Ukraine conflict and its expansion on the Black Sea littoral, to areas near the borders of our country. Secondly, it's about the very serious crises in Iran, Iraq and Syria — all these wars that surround us like a ring of fires that we can see and feel", said the former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service in a press conference.

According to him, internally, Romania is facing problems in the economy and he believes that the solution is a President that will not be a spectator or an active player but more of an organizer that would tie in everybody's efforts in order to advance Romania's internal and external objectives.

He stated that he has a vision different from other candidates.

"I've noticed that from all the candidates I am the only one to have this vision, (...) I've considered it to be my duty, given that I've spent a lifetime in the service of the country, to not step aside, but take this risk once again, this obligation, this responsibility to run. I consider my decision as a mature responsibility of a man who, I'll say it again, has a certain life experience already and who can truly answer the challenges Romania is facing", said Teodor Melescanu. AGERPRES