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the politiction stood in front of the camera and made this statment __ i would like to announce that i will run in the next election

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The correct answer is ","

Explanation:

According to punctuation rules related to quotations, the most commonly used mark before a quotation is the comma. In this case, the sentence would read as follows:

The politician stood in front of the camera and made this statement, "I would like to announce that I will run in the next election."

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.