Romania’s Ponta Vows New Cabinet by Year-End on Victory
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Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta vowed to form a new government by the end of the year and build a super majority in Parliament after his ruling coalition won yesterday’s general elections.
The ruling Social Liberal Union, or USL, got 58.6 percent, the Central Electoral Commission said today in Bucharest, with 99.6 percent of votes counted. The opposition Right Romania Alliance, aligned with President Traian Basescu, got 16.5 percent. The People’s Party of media owner Dan Diaconescu received 14 percent of the votes, while the ethnic Hungarian party got 5.15 percent, according to the partial results.