"It's difficult to go to Timisoara when your party's president of honour is Ion Iliescu", Traian Basescu declared in an interview for Romanian radio station Realitatea FM, speaking about Mircea Geoana going to Timisoara. "Ion Iliescu is one of those who militated for dismissing a president from his role", Basescu claimed. He added that the law forbidding those who had leading roles during the communist regime to access a public role must be enforced, but it is moving very slow in the Parliament. He rejected PD-L's involvement in the Tuesday's demonstrations in several major cities. The president claimed that some politicians "came to me because they were stressed by certain cases".

The most important declarations made by Traian Basescu:

The fight to cancel privileges is a difficult one.I condemn the arrogance shown by some politicians, who went to Timisoara without showing respect the values of the Revolution. It is difficult to go to Timisoara when your party's president of honour is Ion Iliescu or when you make noise in the Parliament alongside Corneliu Vadim Tudor when the state's president condemns communism.I did not take part in a public manifestation in Timisoara before condemning communism.The people take to the streets because they feel they can't express themselves anymore.You, the journalists, are the ones taking them to the streets, don't get angry with me for saying that. I'm not saying that Traian Basescu should not be removed, but let the people decide that.Ion Iliescu was the one who militated for dismissing a president from his role. There are, nevertheless, limits.The Lustration Law must be voted, it would complete the political attitude towards a social command.The project is in the Parliament but it's not moving.It would have been o have a Lustration Law 2-3 years after the Revolution. I categorically reject PD-L involvement in t