The only competitor who can defeat George Simion (chair of AUR - Alliance for the Union of Romanians) in the second round of the presidential elections is Crin Antonescu (the candidate of the Romania Inainte/Romania Forward electoral alliance), said the interim president of the PNL (National Liberal Party), one of the parties in the Romanian Forward coalition, Catalin Predoiu, who claims that he is certain the latter will score a victory in the May presidential elections.
"We have a duty, if we want to save Romania from a candidate who is banned from entering several countries. We must fight this battle without any hesitation, with all our energy, for Crin Antonescu and for Romania. The useful vote, the necessary vote must go to Crin Antonescu. Any other option is a vulnerability for our country," stated Catalin Predoiu, at an electoral rally organized in Bacau.
According to him, Crin Antonescu "has been rising in the polls for weeks."
"We are in a real political battle, approaching a first checkpoint. It is good to know how we are doing. I tell you responsibly that we are doing well, we are making progress, our candidate, Crin Antonescu, has been rising in the polls for weeks. I have not the slightest doubt, we will win. Of course we will win! There is no way our force will be in the second place at the end of this competition," added Predoiu, Agerpres informs.
Crin Antonescu, together with the leaders of the "Romania Forward" Alliance, participate, on Saturday, in an electoral rally in Bacau County, after which they will be present at a similar event in Piatra-Neamt.