The Interim President of Romania, Ilie Bolojan, announces the governing coalition’s presidential candidate
"The governing coalition has a candidate, Mr. Crin Antonescu, and, as I told you, I thought that when I close this interim mandate, I hope to leave things in a better state than I found them and to be able to hand over this institution, and perhaps our country, maybe in a better state, to the president who will be elected by the democratic vote of the Romanians. If I succeed in this, it means that I have not spent three months in this position in vain."
Mr. Bolojan also dismissed the possibility of an independent run for the presidency. He reportedly does not seek to enter into presidential politics.