Romanian President Traian Basescu has started campaigning for his party candidates, one newspaper reads on Monday. Also in the news today, a train railed off the tracks this weekend, leaving one 17 years old girl dead and other four injured. Last but not least, Spanish investor Jesus Menchero negotiates with villagers in Sohatu Calarasi, South Romania to buy land from them and build an industrial town there.
Gandul reads that Romanian President Traian Basescu has started off his campaign to support the Democrat Liberal candidates (PD-L) in upcoming local elections. Basescu met current Bucharest mayor Adriean Videanu and future Bucharest mayor, as he declared, Vasile Blaga together with other district mayors.
Basescu did not miss the opportunity to attack the opposition party candidate, Social Democrat (PSD) Cristian Diaconescu and independent Sorin Oprescu. Basescu declared that Oprescu cannot run the City Hall nor can the other candidates who have their own flaws.
Recently several rumors discussed the possibility that Basescu do not approve Blaga's candidacy but the electoral coffee break taken by the Democrat Liberals with the President dismisses such allegations.
Sources within the party argue that Basescu counseled the party's candidates and told them to consider Oprescu as a Social Democrat not an independent. He added that PD-L candidates need to engage in a political fight, otherwise the electorate will not cast their votes.
Sources add that Blaga will adopt a more aggressive stance against Social Democrats in the upcoming political debates. Moreover, Basescu declared that he fully supported his party's candidates and that he was sure they had all chances to win.
More in the news, a train railed off its tracks in North Romania, causing the death of one 17 year old young girl and the injury
