After five hours of discussions, the leaders of the Coalition did not make any decision on the candidacy for the capital’s mayor’s office on Thursday. According to HotNews.ro sources, PSD and PNL leaders have agreed on joint candidacies for three sectors in Bucharest – 1, 2 and 5. Discussions will resume early next week. The president of the PSD National Council, Vasile Dinku, said that the option of a general candidate for the capital’s mayor’s office is still under consideration and that “an independent candidate who is somewhere between the PSD and the PNL would be very important. fine”. He stated that it would be unwise for Gabriela Firea (PSD) and Sebastian Bourduy (PNL) to run for the capital’s mayor’s office, as they would not receive votes from the other party’s electorate.

Sources from the Coalition told HotNews.ro that it was decided that PSD and PNL will run joint candidates in Sectors 1, 2 and 5. Sebastián Bourduya is supported by the PNL to run for Mayor of Sector 1 and Raresa Hopinke is supported to run for City Hall in Sector 2. according to the discussions in the Coalition.

No decision has been made on Sector 5, which is currently led by Cristian Popescu Piedone, but the Social Democrats and Liberals intend to nominate someone who has no ties to the sector’s current mayor.

Regarding the names announced at the meeting of the Coalition for the position of the mayor of the capital, HotNews.ro sources claim that the liberals would propose Catalin Kirstau, the manager of the emergency department of the Bucharest University Hospital. Chirstho would not give a clear answer, but, according to the cited sources, he would think about the proposal.

The name of the head of the University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, Catalin Kirsto, appeared in the Coalition’s discussions on February 22. Political sources said at the time that the PNL intended to test his candidacy for the mayor’s office of the capital.

• Head of the Bucharest University Hospital Catalin Kirstou, an option considered by the PSD and the PNL for a joint candidate for the capital’s mayor’s office

PSD presented an analysis according to which the mayor of sector 4, Daniel Beluce, could collect votes from both Cristian Popescu Piedone and the PNL electorate and could win the capital city hall of Nikusor Dan. However, the Social Democrats did not receive Daniel Beluca’s consent to run for office.

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Talks between PSD and PNL leaders will resume early next week.

Dinku: An independent candidate who is between PSD and PNL would be good

PSD National Council President Vasile Dinku told Digi24 on Thursday night that none of the candidates being discussed are on the list, but other potential candidates have emerged, without saying who they are.

The option of a joint candidate for the capital city hall and sectors 1 and 2, “where we are fighting with other parties”, said Dinku.

• “The main decision is as follows. The question is how it will correspond to the electoral reality in Bucharest.
• Let’s see if a common candidate – and which common candidate – can rally the electorate to victory.
• We don’t have a name yet, we are analyzing, doing projects, surveys, there are still focus groups. We are trying because we have a difficulty: the two electorates communicate very little, a third of the electorate can switch from one candidate to another. An independent candidate standing between the PSD and the PNL would be suitable for this,” Dynku said.

He said that it would be unwise for Gabriela Firea (PSD) and Sebastian Bourduy (PNL) to run for the capital’s mayor’s office, as they would not receive votes from the other party’s electorate.

• “There are some names, but they can only be released after we get their acceptance and some minimal research. Another household model may be born for Bucharest. He should not have political ambitions, he should be the ambassador of Romania,” Vasile Dincu also stated, asserting that these are not names that should be talked about publicly.

When asked about women or men, the head of the PSD National Council answered: “In principle, it’s men.”

Dinku says that businessman Dan Shuka was asked “dozens of times” if he wants to run for mayor of the capital from PSD-PNL

Vasile Dinku also told Digi24 that businessman Dan Shuka, the financier of the Rapid team, was asked “dozens of times” to run for mayor of the capital from PSD-PNL, but he refused.

“No, not at all. Mr. Shuku has also publicly stated that he does not want this. This has been asked dozens of times, and it is definitely not true,” said Dinku, answering the question whether businessman Dan Shuku could be a joint candidate of PSD and PNL for the capital’s mayor’s office.