Traian Basescu
Rallies in Romanian cities support emigration voting conditions
Protest rallies gathered thousands of people in several Romanian cities on Saturday evening; people were condemning the conditions of the November 2 first round of the presidential election for voters abroad. Social media was an important tool in convening those claiming solidarity with the Romanian emigration and chanting anti-governmental slogans.
ACL's Iohannis about President Basescu's invitation to have debate with counter-candidate Ponta at Presidential Palace: "everything could be negotiated"
Christian Liberal Alliance 's (ACL) candidate in the presidential elections Klaus Iohannis on Saturday refused to say either "yes" or "no" to incumbent President Traian Basescu's proposal to participate in a debate against his counter-candidate in the runoff, PSD-UNPR-PC's Victor Ponta, to be hosted at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace.
PSD's Firea: What Basescu wants is circus, not real debate
What President Traian Basescu wants is not a "real"debate, but a "circus" meant to help Klaus Iohannis "escape a direct confrontation with Victor Ponta," said the PSD (Social Democratic Party) spokesperson Gabriela Firea in a release on Saturday sent to AGERPRES.
President Basescu sends message to Romanians to mark the feast of Sts Michael and Gabriel
President Traian Basescu on Saturday sent a message to the Romanians to mark the feast of Sts Michael and Gabriel, informs the Presidential Administration in a release.
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Tariceanu (PLR): Main danger is Basescu's regime being perpetuated and revived through Iohannis
Senate President Calin Popescu Tariceanu, Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) Chairman, told a press conference in Oradea on Friday that the main danger after the elections was that of seeing Basescu's regime perpetuated or revived in a different shape, through the person of Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) representative Klaus Iohannis.
CSCI poll: Ponta - 55 per cent, Iohannis - 45 per cent in presidential runoff
The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) - the National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) - the Conservative Party (PC) Alliance, Victor Ponta, would win the presidential elections with a 55 per cent score, defeating his opponent, Liberal Klaus Iohannis, who would get 45 per cent in the presidential runoff, shows a CSCI poll conducted on November 5 and sent to AGERPRES
Ponta: I am much more optimistic, confident we not only win, but also be able to change country
Prime Minister Victor Ponta, running in the presidential runoff from Nov.
Romania's Ponta, Iohannis to Face Election Run-Off
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta is leading on Sibiu Mayor Klaus Iohannis in the first round of the country's presidential elections on Sunday.
The two candidates with the biggest result in the Romanian will face a run-off on November 16 after becoming the only two candidates with more than six percent of the vote.
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President Basescu requests resignation of Ministers Corlatean, Stanoevici for grave organizational impairments of elections abroad
President Traian Basescu claims there were grave organizational impairments regarding the electoral process in the polling stations abroad and that the resignation of Minister of Foreign Affairs Titus Corlatean and of Minister-Delegate for Romanians Everywhere Bogdan Stanoevici is in order.
Basescu: It is time of changing certain manner of being president
Incumbent President Traian Basescu said on Sunday it is the time for changing a certain manner of being president of Romania and stressed that after ten years, another type of head of state will come.