Klaus Iohannis

Senate Speaker Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, candidate in the presidential elections, voiced his conviction that he would enter the second round of the elections together with Victor Ponta, saying at the same time that the National Liberal Party (PNL) leader, Klaus Iohannis, was losing voters, as he was constantly making 'blunders.'

Presidential candidate of the Liberal Christian Alliance (ACL), Klaus Iohannis said on Sunday in Oradea that people expect him to come up with a different kind of politics as future president, more earnestness, bring more prosperity and more opportunities.

About 20,000 people from several counties, according to the organizers, attended today an electoral rally in Constanta in support of candidate of the Liberal Christian Alliance (ACL) Klaus Iohannis.

From the lectern set up in the Lighthouse Square of Constanta, Iohannis said the way politics is done in Romania must fundamentally change.

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Victor Ponta, the Social Democrat Party (PSD) chairman and a candidate in this November's presidential elections has said he does not agree with a presidential contender being attacked on family issues in the electoral campaign.

Teodor Melescanu, an independent candidate for Romania's president, has stated that anybody wishing to support or join him in the presidential campaign will be welcome, provided that the support will include not only him as a candidate but his political programme too.

Victor Ponta, the incumbent prime minister and head of the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD) is the presidential candidate preferred by 57 percent of Romanian voters, while 43 percent would vote for the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) head Klaus Iohannis, if they were the only ones running for president in the November elections, according to an opinion poll by GSSC Avangarde.

The Chamber of Deputies' Speaker Valeriu Zgonea says that Prime Minister Victor Ponta has proven in Sibiu that the Government is concerned with the problems of local authorities, regardless of the political affiliation of those heading them.

The Romanian Green Party (PER) candidate for the Presidency, William Brinza proposes a 2,000 euros subsidy for each mother when giving birth.

He said on Saturday in Botosani (northeastern Romania) that birth rate in Romania is at a very low level, and that he supports birth rate stimulation through his electoral programme.

PNL (National Liberal Party) Chairman, Klaus Iohannis, the presidential endorsee of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) made of the National Liberal Party and the Liberal Democratic Party (PDL), expects tough attacks against him during the presidential campaign that started today, but he is still certain that, despite the attacks, he will end the campaign by keeping the majority

The campaign for the first round presidential elections due to be held on November 2 in Romania began Friday.

A number of polls suggest Prime Minister Victor Ponta, also a leader of the Social Democrat Party, is most likely to win, with his main rival, ethnic German Klaus Iohannis, who heads the Christian Liberal party, trailing behind.