"The chances for the elections' results to be considered invalid are zero", Traian Basescu's spokesman for the electoral campaign Sever Voinescu declared. In an interview for RFI, Voinescu said that "the parties are in a post-traumatic state, after Traian Basescu winning the presidential elections". The lib-dem politician added: "the PDL-PNL compatibility is obvious", while "Crin Antonescu in a red jacket is a big disappointment".
Sever Voinescu's statements:
From our point of view, the chances are zero, because we know that this electoral round was correct. The fact that Mircea Geoana had dreams, believing the more or less debatable exit-polls, it's his business. Mr. Geoana's disillusioning process may be more painful, longer, maybe it must take a juridical form as well at some point, for him to relax. All in all, we are talking about someone very upset because, once more, his illusions were shattered. I remind you that Mr. Geoana tried to be mayor - it didn't work; he tried to be prime-minister - it didn't work; he's trying now to be president - it didn't and it doesn't work. Of course the man is somehow disappointed. I propose that we show him understanding for the next several days and allow him to understand his own failure.
Reporter: Mircea Geoana won in the country, but Traian Basescu imposed himself in the end because of the votes overseas. Was Traian Basescu advantaged by the time difference, bearing in mind that Romanians on the other side of the Ocean started to vote after the polls closed in the country, and, therefore, after the exit-polls were out?
The advantage could have belonged to Mr. Geoana. After all, Mr. Geoana tells everywhere he goes that he has been a glorious ambassador in the US and that the entire Romanian-American community adores him. From what I've noticed, things are opposite. The winner can always be
