Ponta, about President's suspension: It was hard to accept two years ago's referendum was ignored

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Sunday wrote on his wall on the social networking site Facebook that it was very hard for him two years ago, when President Basescu was suspended by the Parliament, to accept that the vote given by the Romanians in the 2012 referendum was ignored.

"Today, we not only celebrate the Day of Justice, but also two years since the Romanian Parliament suspended President Traian Basescu from office, for the second time. June 6, 2012, represented one of those moments when we demonstrated, together with Crin Antonescu (leader of the National Liberal Party — PNL) and Daniel Constantin (leader of the Conservative Party — PC), the fact that the USL (Social Liberal Union, alliance between the Social Democratic Party, PNL and PC, now broken) was one of the strongest political projects in the democratic history of our country. I regret that Crin Antonescu didn't want to continue this project!" said Ponta.

The Prime Minister said that he respected the decision of the Constitutional Court two years ago, even if it was very hard for him to do so.

"I will always maintain that the 7.4 million Romania who voted for Traian Basescu to leave office were right in their decision to sanction the President's abuses. I respected the decision ruled by the Constitutional Court while thinking about Romania's future, even if it was very hard for me to accept the idea that the vote given by the Romanians was ignored," said Ponta.

In a P.S., the prime Minister also noted that "there are only 23 weeks left until Traian Basescu leaves Cotroceni." AGERPES