Former prime minister Victor Ponta, still a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and an adviser to PM Marcel Ciolacu despite his pro-sovereignist statements, confirmed that he does not rule out entering this year’s presidential race.<\/p>\n
He said, “I have no one to vote for,” and indicated that the current ruling coalition has no chance of taking its candidate to the second round, Hotnews.ro<\/a> reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n The ruling coalition set former Liberal leader Crin Antonescu as the joint presidential candidate, but further polls are indeed for final confirmation.<\/p>\n Ponta claimed that his exclusion from the party would confirm Social Democrats’ subordination to the Liberals.<\/p>\n On Thursday, before the government meeting, prime minister Marcel Ciolacu declared that “Victor Ponta cannot be the PSD candidate for the May 4 elections, given the coalition agreement to support a single candidate, namely Crin Antonescu.”<\/p>\n \u00a0“In other words, if he runs, he must resign from the PSD or be expelled,” the PSD leader declared.<\/p>\n