"If state institutions rule that the elections were valid, I will accept the decision and participate in the second round of the presidential vote," said Basescu, the presidential candidate of the major centrist National Liberal Party (PNL)-Democratic Party (PD) alliance.
"Dacă instituţiile de stat validează alegerile, voi accepta decizia şi voi participa la cea de-a doua rundă a scrutinului prezidenţial", a declarat Băsescu, candidatul prezidenţial al principalei alianţe de centru Partidul Naţional Liberal (PNL)-Partidul Democrat (PD).