PresidentialElection2025/Inter-institutional working group will coordinate and supervise compliance with the legislation

The Presidential Administration informs on Monday that at the meeting of the interim president Ilie Bolojan with the representatives of the institutions and public authorities responsible for organizing the presidential elections in May, logistical aspects were addressed, noting that the preparations are on schedule both in terms of the internal and external components."The aim is to consolidate the institutions in order to ensure the application of the existing legislation, including the electoral legislation, also in the online environment," said the same source.The Presidential Administration informs that everything will take place within the limits of the legal responsibilities existing at this moment, attributed to each institution involved in the discussions."It is essential to ensure close coordination and cooperation between all institutions with responsibilities in the field, including for aspects that target the online environment," the source specifies.The Presidential Administration indicated that, externally, the voting spaces abroad are being identified, and that there will be the same number of polling stations as in the previous elections, "so that there are no problems from this point of view, especially since in Poland and Portugal they overlap with domestic elections. By the end of March, the locations for the polling stations will be finalized and publicly communicated."The institutions must apply the legislation in force, without other legislative modifications and with good coordination between the institutions. The Permanent Electoral Authority and the Ministry of Interior have confirmed that they are on schedule.Regarding the conduct of the electoral campaign in the online environment, the relevant institutions must apply the laws in force to combat illegal content. It was agreed to create a working group for good coordination and collaboration between AEP, BEC, CNA and ANCOM, the same source mentioned.Interim president Ilie Bolojan met on Monday with representatives of the institutions and public authorities responsible for organizing the presidential elections in May, the discussions also targeting the upcoming European Council meeting."We will discuss briefly the issues related to our current affairs and the European Council meeting in the second half of the week. Thank you for responding to the invitation to meet today," Bolojan said at the beginning of the meeting, according to images published by the Presidential Administration.The meeting at Cotroceni was attended by prime minister Marcel Ciolacu, deputy prime Ministers Marian Neacsu and Catalin Predoiu, secretary of state with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ana Cristina Tinca, acting president of the Permanent Electoral Authority, Zsombor Vajda, vice president of the National Audiovisual Council, Valentin Alexandru Jucan, president of the National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications, Valeriu Zgonea, president of the National Council for Combating Discrimination, Csaba Ferenc Asztalos, and deputy head of the National Directorate for Cyber Security (DNSC), Gabriel Dinu.Also present were presidential advisor Luminita Odobescu and state advisor Bianca Firezar.  (Photo: https://www.presidency.ro/)