Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announces his candidacy for the presidential elections on Tuesday. The decision was communicated to PSD leaders after a series of consultations that took place in the last two days. The only social democrat who won the presidency of Romania was Ion Iliescu. For 20 years PSD has not been able to send anyone to the Cotroceni Palace, and the social democratic leaders who lost the elections also lost the leadership of the party.
“After consulting with many of you, I made the decision to run for the presidency of Romania. We will debate this decision on Saturday, at the PSD Congress. We have the best team for Romania, as we have shown in all the elections of the last 4 years. I am sure that together we will be able to win back the Presidency after 20 years”, said Ciolacu in a message addressed to the social democrats.
“On Saturday, at the congress, I will present my plan for Romania. I hope with all my heart that you will grant me the honor of fighting on behalf of you and the Romanians to win the presidential elections”, he also said.
A day ago, Ciolacu announced the launch of a program platform for the development of Romania, which would start from the ideas coming from ordinary people, stating that it is time for the real priorities of Romanians to be reflected in this plan on the basis of which administer the country in the next 4 years.
The online platform, entitled “Desired Romania”, aims, as stated on its website, to build a program for the development of Romania “that primarily gathers valuable ideas from ordinary people, not being a plan carried out, as usual, only by politicians and experts appointed by the party leadership”.
The Social Democrats will meet on Saturday, August 26, in Congress at Romexpo. “Everyone is allowed to participate in the Congress. The congress will have two components. A component for electing the leadership of the party and a component for establishing the candidate for the Presidency of Romania”, said Paul Stănescu, in the announcement of the convocation of the Congress.