Basescu, the mayor of Bucharest, was nominated after the withdrawal of National Liberal Party (PNL) chairman and alliance co-chairman Theodor Stolojan from the race.
Bašesku, gradonačelnik Bukurešta, imenovan je nakon povlačenja iz trke Teodora Stolojana, predsednika Nacionalno liberalne partije (PNL) i kopredsedavajućeg saveza.