USR party leaders withdraw support for candidate in Romanian presidential election ‘coup’

Petra Pintelei, a well-known supporter of the rights of people with disabilities in Romania, denounces the decision by which the Senate discriminated against her "profoundly" regarding the occupation of a position at an institution subordinate to the upper chamber of Parliament, under the conditions...

Elena Lasconi of the liberal party USR would have come to the end of the presidential election in November, but then the first ballot was cancelled.

The mayor of the capital, Nicușor Dan, an independent candidate in the presidential elections in May, said that USR vice-president Dominic Fritz informed him on Tuesday evening about the convening of a National Bureau of the party, which was to discuss supporting his candidacy. The article Nicușor Dan, about the USR's decision to support him, instead of Elena Lasconi: "There was no negotiation between me and USR. Dominic Fritz informed me" first…

USR party leaders withdraw support for candidate in Romanian presidential election ‘coup’

Several figures of Romania’s opposition USR party are instead now backing the independent mayor of Bucharest.

Nicușor Dan says that he met Elena Lasconi several times during campaign events, but that he did not send her any message or ask her to withdraw. This is despite Lasconi making public in an interview the message he received from the mayor of the capital. Regarding the withdrawal of support for Elena Lasconi from USR, Nicușor Dan says: "There was no negotiation between me and USR on what happened. I have a partnership with USR [...], but I do not…

The Central Electoral Bureau has decided that USR is not allowed to publicly support, through its own channels, the candidacy of Nicușor Dan. Although the party officially announced that it is dropping Elena Lasconi, the legislation does not allow the promotion of another candidate.