Udrea: I think Liberal voters too should back me to get to run-off

Presidential candidate Elena Udrea, running under the banner of the People's Movement Party (PMP), told a news conference in Timisoara (western Romania) on Sunday that the Liberal (PNL) and Democratic Liberal (PDL) voters should back her to get to the run-off, when she is convinced she would 'beat' Prime Minister Victor Ponta, which she believes the PNL and PDL candidate Klaus Iohannis would not.

'If those in the PNL want to defeat the PSD (Ponta's Social Democrat Party — editor's note) and want to defeat Victor Ponta, they should support the candidate who can indeed beat him. Klaus Iohannis cannot and they also know this. I think the PNL and the PDL voters should back me. Today I am the candidate coming from rated third and tending to get to the run-off and that is why I hope that the entire opposition electorate, who does not want the PSD at the (presidential) Cotroceni (Palace) /.../ will come by my side and support me to face Victor Ponta in the second round of voting', Udrea said.

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