Save Romania Union (USR) will not vote for the Ciolacu Cabinet and at this moment there is no chance to support Crin Antonescu for the Romanian Presidency, USR deputy leader Ionut Mosteanu announced on Monday.

„Crin Antonescu has been with PSD [the Social Democratic Party] before, many years ago, about 12 years. Crin Antonescu, when he was the PNL leader, was the founder of the first USL [former political alliance Social Liberal Union – ed.n.] . So, I don’t see anything new or strange. Another 12 years have passed in the meantime and here we are again PNL – PSD more determined than ever at this moment,” Mosteanu said.

He added that Elena Lasconi has been nominated as the USR presidential candidate.

„Elena Lasconi is the leader of USR, she is the designated USR candidate for the presidential elections, she is the pro-European candidate who got the most votes on November 24: over 1,700,000 votes. (…) All parties conduct measurements, evaluations, sociological studies. It’s normal, it’s part of politics, part of political strategy and we have, we continue to do it, the other parties have it and, based on that, we set our strategy for the period to come. It is very important to have as short a timetable as possible for electing the president, a predictable timetable, which will return Romania to the normal democratic path, to bring back Romanians to the polls to elect their president,” Ionut Mosteanu said.

Asked if there is any chance that USR would support Crin Antonescu, Mosteanu replied, „No, at the moment I don’t see any such chance”.

„USR will not vote for the Ciolacu Government”, Ionut Mosteanu mentioned, when asked about this aspect.

Asked if, in a situation where Nicusor Dan has more chances to win, USR will ask Elena Lasconi to step back, Mosteanu said he does not want to create scenarios.

„I don’t want to create scenarios now, if and how, what will happen in the future. There will be party decisions. We are politicians who want the good of Romania. For years, since USR has been in politics, we have always done only what we thought was right and what we believed would take Romania forward, and that’s what we will do from now on. I cannot anticipate now on the hypothetical scenario, we will see what happens and what the future holds, we will see how it looks and how solid the figures that everyone keeps talking about are and I remind you of the studies that the parties had on November 24, before the first round, and it turned out that, basically, the sociology of 2024 in Romania has lagged behind. Then very, very few were able to estimate the outcome of the first round elections. We will see, and I think that those who carry out sociological studies have also learned something from this, how quickly they fold back and reshape or change the models they work with in order to be closer to the political reality, to Romanians’ options,” Mosteanu explained.

AGERPRES