{"id":855197,"date":"2025-01-26T16:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T14:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=855197"},"modified":"2025-01-26T18:22:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T16:22:44","slug":"newsflash-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/newsflash-update-2-id855197.html","title":{"rendered":"January 26, Newsflash UPDATE 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PNL <\/strong>The former PNL president, Crin Antonescu, has been unanimously confirmed as the joint candidate of the PSD-PNL-UDMR ruling coalition for the upcoming presidential election. The presidential election campaign is the most important political battle for Romania after the fall of communism, says the PNL interim president, Ilie Bolojan. He pointed out that firm actions, good ruling practices and transparency are needed to regain the trust of the Romanians. Antonescu says he is not running in the presidential race for himself or for the National Liberal Party, but for the country\u2019s citizens and for Romania. The Liberals are the first to have officially validated Antonescu\u2019s candidacy. UDMR is to announce its preference next week, while on February 2, the Social-Democrats are going to convene for a special congress. The first and second round of the presidential election have been slated for May 4 and 18. We recall that in December last year, Romania\u2019s Constitutional Court invalidated the presidential election on grounds of foreign interferences in the election process. That cancelled first round had been won by the pro-Russia extremist candidate, Calin Georgescu.<\/p>\n<p>(bill)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PNL The former PNL president, Crin Antonescu, has been unanimously confirmed as the joint candidate of the PSD-PNL-UDMR ruling coalition for the upcoming presidential election. The presidential election campaign is the most important political battle for Romania after the fall of communism, says the PNL interim president, Ilie Bolojan. 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