Romanians from Moldova to be represented in the Romanian Parliament by Tudor Pantiru

The Romanians from Moldova will be represented in the Romanian Parliament by Tudor Pantiru, a candidate of the Social Democratic and the Conservative Party Alliance. Even if he did not get the most votes, Pantiru has obtained his seat of a deputy after re-distributing the votes, Info-Prim Neo reports. According to the final results of the elections, posted on the web site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, the candidate of the Democratic-Liberal Party, Eugen Tomac, got 1,427 votes, the candidate of the National Liberal Party, Nicolae Dabija – 961 votes, and Tudor Pantiru – 533 votes. Though he ranked the third, Pantiru became deputy for college 2, including Moldova, following the second stage of re-distributing the ballots. Asked by Info-Prim Neo, Tudor Pantiru said he would make a public statement throughout the day. Pantiru is an international judge in Kosovo. During the electoral campaign, the PSD+PC candidate stated he had a draft law which would simplify the procedures of gaining the Romanian citizenship by the Moldovan citizens. “I consider it necessary to replace the institution of regaining the citizenship by an institution of reestablishing the citizenship. These citizens must get the Romanian passport immediately, by producing their birth certificates,” Pantiru said. He stands for relaunching the Moldo-Romanian dialogue at all levels. Those six seats of parliamentarians (4 deputies and 2 senators) from the constituency for the Romanians from abroad were got by PDL (3), PSD+PC Alliance (1), PNL (1) and UDMR (1). The four seats of deputies went to William Branza (PDL) in College 1, Tudor Pantiru (PSD+PC Alliance) in College 2, Mircea Lubanovici (PDL) in College 3 and Koto Iosif (UDMR) in College 4. As for the Senate, those two mandates from the constituency for the Romanians having their residence abroad were got by Viorel Riceard Badea (PDL) - College 1 and Raymond Luca (PNL) - College 2. Romanians from abroad could vote at 221 polling stations.