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Most political leaders in our country sent, after exercising their right to vote, pro-European messages, with the exception of George Simion, the leader of AUR, and Călin Georgescu, who until today at 5 pm when the Constitutional Court of Romania is due to rule, is the one in first place after the first round of the presidential elections, the two continuing the sovereignist rhetoric displayed so far.
The acting President, Klaus Iohannis, stated that yesterday's vote is very important, because Parliament is the institution that votes for the Government and which votes for the country's laws. Klaus Iohannis also said: "It is very important to know how to position ourselves when we come to vote. Romanians have chosen the Euro-Atlantic path and they have chosen it well. And we are well integrated into the EU, we are well positioned and very respected in NATO. But for it to stay that way, we must vote like this. I voted for a European Romania".
Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu stated that he voted for our country to remain in the Schengen area, a member state of the European Union and a member state of NATO. The Head of Government stated: "I believe that Romanians have a choice between stability and chaos, between development - especially on European funds - and a lack of funds for pensions and salaries. I believe that it is a very important day for all of us Romanians to continue our European and North Atlantic path".
USR President and presidential candidate Elena Lasconi compared the parliamentary elections in our country to those that took place recently in Georgia, where pro-Russian forces won, which led to massive street protests by civil society and pro-European parties. He said: "We voted with the confidence that we will not be brought to our knees, that we will remain free, that we will think freely, we voted for the Romania that I love and that I am sure you all love. (...) These elections are extremely important and I am watching with concern what is happening in Georgia and we should also ask ourselves many questions. We voted with a team of people who can really make a change in this country (...), because now we can defend our democracy and freedom. At our borders there are others who defend their freedom and democracy with a gun in their hands."
In turn, Ilie Bolojan, the interim president of the PNL, stated that through "their vote, Romanians will decide for many years to come the direction in which our country will go", while the liberal mayor of Clij-Napoca, Emil Boc, said that our country "is not allowed to take steps backwards" and that it must "consolidate the path it has started, which even if it has some difficulties, this does not mean that it is not the right path".
Traian Băsescu, former president of the country between 2004 and 2014, stated that he voted for a democratic change, for the consolidation of democracy in our country, but also for economic and social consolidation. The former head of state advised citizens to elect people "who want to maintain Romania's current course, not those who want to turn it back 100 years".
The Mayor of the Capital, Nicuşor Dan, mentioned that he voted for "a party that does not question Romania's remaining in the European Union and NATO" and that the party is "one that has been fair to me all along".
In return, George Simion, the president of AUR, declared: "I voted so that for the first time in 35 years we can free ourselves from chains, from handcuffs, from those who seek to keep us prisoners in poverty in a rich country. I voted with the Romanians who have gone abroad as refugees, I voted with the thought that they are neither traitors nor unskilled workers. I voted with the thought of our seniors, who are humiliated today, those who are held prisoner, through vouchers, through coupons, through various social benefits. I would like with all my heart to have a fair voting process. I would like with all my heart to hear the message sent by Romanians last Sunday".
On the same side as George Simion was the presidential candidate Călin Georgescu, who said: "I voted for good to overcome evil, I voted for peace, not for war, I voted for respect, for total political responsibility dedicated entirely to the Romanian nation."
In line with the two sovereignists, MEP Diana Iovanovici-Şoşoacă also expressed herself, who, after participating in Tâncăbeşti, at a ceremony commemorating Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, the head of the Legionary Movement in interwar Romania - a manifestation for which the Ilfov County Police Inspectorate opened a criminal investigation file, stated that she wants a "nationalist, patriotic, sovereign and independent Romania," a Romania in which freedom of expression and opinion are "not only guaranteed, but also respected."
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