Incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the presidential candidate of the Social Democrat Party - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party acknowledged the victory of Klaus Iohannis of the Christian Liberal Alliance in the presidential runoff election on Sunday. He thanked Romanians for voting and said the people was always right, Agerpres writes.
'I want to thank all Romanians who came and voted this evening. I want to say the people is always right. I called Mr. Iohannis and congratulated him on his victory. I and all my colleagues, as long as we hold public offices, will do our duty towards the country. Otherwise, I said it, the people is always right, and it's normal this way, and I only wish one thing — that we understand we are a democratic country. Just as I accept my result, I hope those who want to protest and have nothing to protest about accept it,' Ponta declared on Sunday night.
In the same context, the Prime Minister denied the information according to which he would resign from the head of the Government. "I did not become Prime Minister all on my own. You may move from an apartment all you want or you may go on vacation. I became Prime Minister supported by people, by political forces, and if at one point, now is not the case, next year, in two years, those political forces that have supported me request I will not hesitate to take a step back, but this has not happened and I don't believe there is a need for such a thing now. I categorically deny that I will resign as long as none of my colleagues requested this", said Ponta in a telephonic intervention to Antena 3.