LocalElections2020/Nicusor Dan: We will collaborate with Government for projects such as overground metro, ring road

Deputy Nicusor Dan, candidate to the Capital's General Mayor office, endorsed by the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Save Romania Union (USR) - the Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS) Alliance said on Sunday evening that the future administration of Bucharest will collaborate with the Government for projects such as the Capital's overground metro, ring road or green belt. "I want to assure the people of Bucharest that we will work with the Government to solve those problems that can only be solved in collaboration. Whether it is the overground metro, or the ring road, the motorway road or the green belt - each of these things, as Ludovic Orban has said many times, they will be resolved in partnership between the Capital City Hall and the Romanian Government. I think that Bucharest has had far too many scandals to cover the concrete solution of the problems that the people of Bucharest have," he said in a press statement held at the PNL headquarters. Nicusor Dan thanked the PNL partners and his "friend" Ludovic Orban for the campaign carried out together. He assured that the future administration of the Capital will partner with the business environment, with the academic environment, with NGOs and professional associations. "I want to assure the people of Bucharest that in ten days' time, when the oath is taken, a different administration of Bucharest will start, an administration that will first and foremost partner with the citizen, an administration that will use the special energies of this city. (...) It is a very beautiful evening. We will start work tomorrow, so that we will be ready when we take the oath," he said. Asked if he is considering joining the PNL, Nicusor Dan replied that in the next period he will dedicate his energy to Bucharest. "The management of the Capital City Hall is an extremely serious matter. At the moment, a bankrupt city hall, a city hall with huge structural problems in terms of traffic, pollution, buildings with earthquake risk, district heating - my energy in the next period will be dedicated to Bucharest," he replied. At the same time, he specified that it is "extremely likely" that a PNL - USR PLUS majority will be formed in the General Council. "Of course, in order to solve the problems of the Bucharesters, I am willing to talk to any political force in the General Council, because that is logical, that's what we do in politics," he added. According to the results of the exit poll conducted by CURS - Avangarde, the independent candidate Nicusor Dan, supported by the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Save Romania Union (USR) - the Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS) Alliance, garnered, on Sunday, 47.2% of the Bucharesters' votes for the position of the Capital's General Mayor office, and the current mayor Gabriela Firea, the PSD candidate, was credited with 39%. AGERPRES (RO - author: Irinela Visan, editor: Florin Marin; EN - editor: Simona Iacob)