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They have a choice between outgoing head of state Klaus Iohannis and former Social Democrat Prime Minister Viorica Dancila. High voter favorite, Klaus Iohannis enjoys a positive image especially with the tens of thousands of people who have taken to the streets in the last three years to denounce the attacks on the rule of law of the social democratic government.
Relatively unobtrusive and not very talkative President Klaus Iohannis stepped out of his reserve to denounce the reforms initiated by the Social Democratic government, which threatened the rule of law and the fight against corruption.
In May, it organized a consultative referendum to ban the amnesty of those convicted of corruption and to prevent the government from resorting to emergency orders in the judicial field. A consultation won hands down.
Five months later, the government of his competitor, Viorica Dancila, was overthrown by a motion of no confidence and replaced by an executive led by Ludovic Orban , the leader of the PNL, his party.
A former physics professor, who entered politics 20 years ago, the leader of the German minority in Romania has campaigned with the promise of continuing to modernize the country. Its slogan: "For a normal Romania".
He promised to continue the struggle for the strengthening of the rule of law and democracy, to promote education, to keep Romania on the road to Europe and to restore confidence in public institutions.
But most of his message focused on attacking the Social Democratic Party and its leader, Viorica Dancila, who, according to him, represents " the worst of [Romanian] politics in recent years ".
Throughout the campaign, quite dull, the outgoing president refused to debate with the other candidates, which earned him criticism, including in his own camp.
Viorica Dancila is very weak as a candidate since her party at her base is contesting her ...
Silvia Marton, Lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Bucharest. 23/11/2019 - by Anastasia Becchio Listen