site.btaLavinia Sandru, Presidential Candidate of Humanist Social-Liberal Party, Votes in Romania's Elections

Lavinia Sandru, the presidential candidate of the Humanist Social-Liberal Party in Romania, was the first of the 11 candidates to vote in the country's presidential election on Sunday. She cast her ballot in Bucharest.

The 50-year-old former journalist and actress, who wore black for all three of the pre-election debates, emphasized that her vote was for a "true Romania," opposing abuses and corruption that have caused suffering for generations. She also encouraged undecided voters to reject those who label certain candidates as having "no chance."

Sandru, one of the two women candidates in the race, made a special appeal to women, urging them to vote, and quoted the saying, "God could not be everywhere, and therefore He made mothers."

She entered politics in the early 2000s and was elected to parliament in 2004. She later joined the Humanist Social-Liberal Party in 2020.