PSD-PC-UNPR alliance candidate for president of Romania, Victor Ponta has said, live on Antena 3 that the result is good, but he has still got a bitter taste after seeing the former headquarters of the USL alliance .
"I'm late leaving and coming over to you, because we have the count based on the reports. The result is 41.2 to 29.7, after the counting of around 80% of votes. It is a good result. For me this evening has a bitter taste, because I’ve just seen in the USL headquarters, before which we’ve had a big meeting , Mihai Razvan Ungureanu and Vasile Blaga, along Iohannis. I thought, however, that I would be stuck with this stinky picture. I have not seen any Liberal there. "
Ponta added that he was ready for the upcoming weeks of the campaign, until the second round, with several actions, including televised debates and he will discuss with the leaders of the ruling coalition, who could be the next premier.
"Tuesday we are holding a meeting of the PSD - PC - UNPR - UDMR coalition and the PLR. We will discuss several names for the post of prime minister. PLR I hope and I believe it will enter the coalition in power, making up a sort of USL 2. PLR still holds important leaders who are ousted by the PDL and I am convinced that they will join a USL 2. I can tell you with certainty that we will speak Tuesday about one person or more for the premiership. And none of them is from the PSD, because we want to be in the spirit of USL, where we do not hold the position of president and prime minister. It will definitely not be Traian Basescu."
Beyond that I'll try to talk about what I want to do as president if I am elected on 16th, my staff asked, beginning Monday, December 10, at the four news television, to go with Mr. Iohannis for four debates on topics pertaining to the President. I received confirmation from four TV stations. I know that Mr. Iohannis did not want to come to Antena 3. We will go to a friendly TV station and to a hostile one. "
Ponta admitted he was still nervous because he saw the fraud methods of 2004 and 2009 reactivated this time around.
"I am nervous, of course. I’ve seen tonight the exact methods used in 2004 and 2009. The Romanian Propaganda Department has shifted towards Mr. Iohannis now. This service is stronger than any other service, because they have made Mr. Basescu president of the Romanians twice. "
As for the problem occurred in the polling stations in diaspora, Ponta explained that it had nothing to do with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, being under the guidance of the Central Electoral Bureau.
"These are things that I believe this time have not occurred . There were people who wanted to vote and could not do so. I am sorry, but I want us to clearly see whether or not it was even so. In Moldova, the voting doubled compared to 2009. Spain, Italy. I asked too, so that in the runoff it should not occur again. "
Asked which was the updated score, the PSD count, at 11:05 p.m., Victor Ponta said: "The reports were loaded 86% of them, the count is 40.72% for me, 29.34% for Mr. Iohannis. Mr. Tariceanu is ranked 3rd. "
Ponta explained that they would not repeat the mistakes made in 2004 and 2009 by the party and that no one would celebrate anything until the voting and counting ended.
"We are trying not to repeat past mistakes. Both in 2004 and 2009, the party was at Kiseleff and the PDL would steal. Because Iohannis is the PDL candidate, the same network of individuals, no one puts their foot on the PSD premises, they must count and guard. This time I decided to leave aside the exit polls, we have a much better system sent from the territory, then I said, next to Liviu Dragnea, to count. This is how you will see us on the evening of November 16. The diaspora, in particular, had a buses system. The difference is that absolutely all the votes in the supplementary lists are scanned and entered into the system, so if you go to vote again, it immediately appears in the system. "