Bucharest’s PSD president, Senator Gabriela Firea, said on Tuesday that she is still a candidate for the position out of respect for “those who are waiting to return” to the capital city hall, but first she must run. I’m not in a hurry and I’m not pushing at all, I’m not slamming anyone’s door, I’m not threatening to resign,” Firea said. She admitted that she left “a little more upset” after that discussion with PSD leader Marcel Cholaku.

Gabriela Firea asked on Antena 3 about the results of the discussion at the PSD headquarters with the leader Marcel Čolaku, writes News.ro.

“I’ll admit, I left a little more excited after this discussion, but it’s normal that in political life, as in personal life, there are moments that are not necessarily desirable,” Firea said, adding that he did not want to point out , which caused dissatisfaction. “There were discussions that did not go in the same direction that I thought was appropriate,” she said.

Gabriela Firea revealed that “when a party has a candidate with potential, no matter what he’s called, and who currently has around 30% and something, and if he has a good campaign, he reaches 40%, and he’s not appointed, and there are other negotiations , maybe for candidates who have 8 or 10%, but because of the circumstances of the negotiations they will be supported by a large mass of people, it is normal to ask yourself what signal you are giving to the country, to other people who enter politics in good faith.”

“It is an alarm signal for all parties when everything does not happen naturally, organically, naturally. We have a candidate with potential, we all support him, we send him to fight, filled with the strength of the party, we do not try to leave him alone, destabilize him with smear campaigns, and then look for a solution that does not correspond to the demands and wishes of the electorate. he showed Nature.

She added that any poll we look at today clearly shows how the candidates live in the Capital.

When asked if she had spoken to PSD leader Marcel Čolaku, Gabriela Firea said she had communicated with him through text messages.

“I am running for office out of respect for those who are waiting for my return as mayor, but first of all I must run for office,” she said.

Gabriela Firea mentioned about the counter-candidate within the party that she conveyed her willingness to appear in any room or headquarters to have a direct discussion of the problems of the Capital, to see what competences everyone has and what tangible results they achieve. have and what they want to do from now on.

“No one signed up, on the contrary, I heard only refusals,” Firea also noted.

Regarding the candidacy of Marcel Čolaka for the capital city hall, Firea stated that there was no discussion on this topic in the party.

“I’m not in a hurry and I’m not pushing at all. (..) What does pressure mean? I don’t exert any pressure, I don’t close the door to anyone, I don’t threaten to resign, I don’t sell anything,” said Gabriela Firea, when asked while she is waiting for an answer from the PSD leadership.

Regarding the candidacy for the elections to the European Parliament, Gabriela Firea clarified that she expressed her intention to run for the capital’s mayor’s office, and the discussion on this matter did not progress to a different angle.

“Yesterday we sent to the central headquarters of the party proposals from the sectors, from the PSd of Bucharest, regarding the elections to the European Parliament, for colleagues who expressed the desire to run, and they were confirmed,” Firea said.

She stated that by not wanting to stand for election to the European Parliament, she did not automatically have the opportunity to be confirmed by her PSD Bucharest colleagues.