Macovei sets conditions to support candidate Iohannis in presidential runoff

MEP Monica Macovei, one of the presidential candidates defeated in the first round, promises her support to runoff contender Klaus Iohannis, the candidate of the Christian Liberal Alliance, facing incumbent PM Victor Ponta in the second round, with some 'minimal conditions to safeguard the rule of law and the democracy in Romania.'

'I am waiting for an answer in a letter signed by Mr. Iohannis. Then I will vote for Mr. Iohannis. My voters do not want an unconditioned vote. My voters are a group free people and no one can tell them how to vote. If they're happy with these principles and if Mr. Iohannis says ?yes', because I will send them to him, then they will vote; otherwise, no,' Macovei said in a press conference on Wednesday.

Former independent candidate Macovei asks Iohannis, among other things, not to sign the amnesty law; to call a referendum in 2015 to eliminate the MPs', ministers' and president's immunity; to act firmly for the continuation and enhancement of the strategic partnership with the United States and for keeping Romania's commitments to NATO; and to carry on the process of integration of Romania into the European Union. AGERPRES