Bitter Clash In Second Round Of Elections
The slaughter that PSD suffered in the first round of elections has made such an impression on Adrian Nastase that, rumors have it, he now refuses to even consider running for president this fall. This illustrates what a powerful influence local elections have on electoral strategies for the parliamentary and presidential elections due this fall. It appears that the stakes at play in the second round of the elections for mayors and aldermen even included Nastase s presidential candidacy.
The electoral war concentrated in several hot spots - primarily Bucharest, Bacau and Cluj. Around noon yesterday, Bucharesters were continuing the slaughter of PSD they had started in the first round of elections: DA Alliance s candidates were leading the race in Sectors 1, 3, 4 and 6. PSD s Neculai Ontanu was still holding his ground in Sector 2, having a slight advantage over DA s Anca Boagiu. Statistics-makers say that the bulk of DA s voters in Buchares