Radu Opaina Is the RHP Candidate for the Bucharest City-Hall

Radu Opaina is the man the Romanian Humanist Party chose to run on its ticket for the local elections in Bucharest.

He is the president of the National Association of Owners from Romania and former general manager of the company distributing central heating in Bucharest. Dan Voiculescu, head of the Romanian Humanist Party, made the announcement yesterday. Voiculescu said that Opaina is a man who proved his character and that will do his best to change Bucharest for the best. The decision to make Opaina candidate of the RHP for the Bucharest City Hall was taken yesterday morning, when Opaina also became a member of the party.
Opaina said he decided to go into politics because there was no other way for him to help the Bucharest dwellers. He had talks with several parties, but he opted in the end for the RHP as he considered it to be the most appropriate one for his plans.
Opaina pointed out that he is familiar with matters of local administration as a former general manager of the heat distribution company in Bucharest.

"I was unable to lead that company the way I would have wanted to because of my relationship with the owner of the company, which was the Bucharest City Hall. But that experience only hardened my resolve to be more determined in my deeds," said Opaina.
Both he and Voiculescu expressed their confidence that he will get in the second round of elections against Adriean Videanu, who runs for the alliance of the National Liberal and Democrat parties.

Voiculescu also said that his party, though part of the ruling coalition, chose to have its own candidate because "it was not normal for an independent party to support the candidate of another party." When asked why another, more experienced member of the party, was not selected as RHP candidate for the City Hall, Voiculescu said that being a member of the party for a long time was irrelevant.

"The right man in the right place is what counts for us, and Opaina is the right man to run for the City Hall," said Voiculescu.
George Copos, president of the RHP Bucharest branch, said Opaina will have all the support of the local party organization.