The candidate of the coalition, Crin Antonescu, was based on one of the close ones of Kelemen Hunor and Marcel Ciolacu’s strategies from the last campaign. Nicușor Dan refused to appoint a campaign chief and divided the political tasks to a handful hand. After USR left Elena Lasconi without the Slovak consultant, her husband became adviser and electoral strategist. Victor Ponta has resorted to a former TVR Plus director a team of young people for a campaign mainly in the online environment, especially Tiktok. And George Simion listens to his former employer, first vice-president of the party. The “truth” presents the people behind the presidential candidates.
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Crin Antonescu
The candidate of the ruling coalition in the presidential elections worked in the election campaign especially with Balint Porcsalmi, a political consultant recommended by UDMR leader Kelemen Hunor. Porsalmi was also the executive president of the UDMR between 2017 and 2020, during which time he coordinated all the campaigns of the Hungarian formation: for MEPs, local, parliamentary and presidential. “He is one of the people in whom Kelemen Hunor has the most confidence. He was his close counselor, he is a political consultant with a vast general culture and with very good ideas,” describes one of the UDMR MPs on Balint Porsalmi. In addition to the campaigns for the UDMR, the Hungarian ethnic consultant also worked in Budapest, for Fidesz, the party of Viktor Orbán, but also in the private environment, support political sources for the truth.
In addition to Balint Porcsalmi, the candidate of the Crin Antonescu coalition was based in the campaign and the counselors of Marcel Ciolacu, a team coordinated by Bogdan Popescu, the sources quoted. Discreet character in the public space, Bogdan Popescu offers consultancy for the PSD since Adrian Nastase. He also worked with Mircea Geoană, Victor Ponta, Valeriu Zgonea and Marcel Ciolacu.
“Popescu reproached the PSD leaders that Marcel Ciolacu would have been the President of Romania today if they had not decided, by their heads, to votes to George Simion and Călin Georgescu in the first round of the presidential elections in autumn”support sources from the PSD leadership for the truth.
Liberals, although embedded in debts after last year’s campaigns, also contributed to Crin Antonescu’s campaign by paying the Kensington communication company, which also coordinated Nicolae Ciuca’s campaign in 2024. In addition, Crin Antonescu wanted to bring it to his team and Nicoleta Nicolae, who was 15 years ago, which was 15 years ago, which was 15 years ago. by PNL president. Subsequently, Nicoleta Nicolae was a presidential counselor in the Klaus Iohannis era.
Nicușor Dan
Independent candidate for the presidential elections, Nicușor Dan refused to designate a campaign chief, in order not to cause internal disputes in his political team, sources from the mayor of the general say. PMP leader Eugen Tomac, currently a European MEP on the USR list, was one of Nicușor Dan’s campaign coordinators. As well as Vlad Gheorghe, a former USR MEP, one of the politicians who have been close to Nicușor Dan since the formation of the Union Save Bucharest (USB), a movement transformed at national level into USR. “On the communication side was occupied Ema Prișcă, the one who led the campaign of Nicușor Dan for the City Hall”last year ”, say the sources quoted.
Elena Lasconi
The finalist at the autumn poll, but abandoned by his own party in the May elections, Lasconi had a political consultant during the pre-Campania period. USR at the beginning of the year on Slovak Martin Burgr, which contributed to two successful presidential campaigns in Europe. Burgr was in the team of General Petr Pavel, who won the presidential election in the Czech Republic, in 2023. Also, the Slovak consultant also worked for Zuzana Caputova, winner in Slovakia, in 2019. But, in the first week of campaign, USR decided to withdraw the political support for Elena Lasconi.
The Slovak consultant received 70,000 euros for the pre-Campanie period, then would have received another 70,000 euros for the campaign, plus a consistent bonus if Elena Lasconi had entered the second round. After the USR mazilit Lasconi, Martin Burgr received a compensatory amount for the first week of the campaign, when he offered Tips of Elena Lasconi, sources from the USR leadership for Adevărul. Abandoned by the party, Elena Lasconi was also consulted in the rest of the campaign only with her husband, employed at the USR group in Parliament, and with her head of office at Câmpulung City Hall, who accompanied her to Bucharest, the sources quoted.
Victor Ponta
Independent candidate for the presidential elections, without the logistical and financial support of a party, Ponta focused on an online campaign. “He hired a handful of young people who take everywhere and who are very good on Tiktok, this is the secret of Ponta’s campaign”supports one of his close friends. For the classic communication area, the former prime minister appealed to Doina Gradea, former director of the International ProTV in Adrian Sârbu era and former TVR in the Dragnea era. From the political area, Victor Ponta is advised with Eugen Teodorovici, former Minister of Finance, one of his trusted people in the last 15 years.
George Simion
The presidential gold candidate, Simion does not make any decision without consulting with Marius Lulea, his former employer, currently the first vice-president of the party, say political sources for the truth. Before entering the Parliament, George Simion was employed at one of the construction companies sponsored by Marius Lulea, a politician who aroused controversy in the public space by sympathy against Marshal Antonescu, declared by the Romanian Criminal State. In the campaign, George Simion preferred a limited exposure, given that he is in the first place in opinion polls, with very high chances of reaching the presidential final.
