Marcel Ciolacu told the PSD Covasna district conference on Saturday that it “never occurred to him” to equate Dragobetele with Saint Valentine, and claimed he mixed up the election with the date when most Romanians go to vote, namely local elections. does not mean that you are making an anti-democratic decision.

“It seems to me that today also Dragobetele, it did not occur to me to combine it with St. Valentine, but we should also talk about political unification,” said Marcel Cholaku, according to News.ro.

He explained the criteria that are being considered for unifying the elections, as well as for moving the presidential elections to September.

“There is no more democratic attitude anywhere. Most Romanians participate in local elections because they come to choose the best host. Combining elections on a day when the majority of Romanians come does not mean that you are making an anti-democratic decision. Vice versa. After that, we in the coalition discussed that it is best that the presidential elections come with them in September, and we will set the dates according to the beginning of schools, because our children are more important than the elections, so that the month of December, which is the most loaded with administrative, government decisions and even your local decisions, so that he is not disturbed by the most important elections,” said Marcel Cholaku.

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