PM Ponta feels hurt by media lynching of mother, sister for political gains

Prime Minister Victor Ponta accused the 'media lynching' of his mother and sister; he wrote on his social media page that the only reason was to hurt him politically.

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'It is a great suffering for me to see my sister and my mother lynched by media just to hurt me politically. I love them and I will be with them my whole life, just like they are with me, and I wish me and my sisters had the strength of character and the balance my mother showed for all her 72 years!' Ponta wrote on Facebook.

The prime minister' sister Alexandra Hertanu was heard for two hours on Thursday by the prosecutors of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) offices of Ploiesti (north of Bucharest) as a witness in the case against her husband Iulian Hertanu, who was placed last week under arrest pending trial.

Upon leaving the DNA premises, she told journalist she had 'something to retrieve'; she then took a taxi and left without further comments.

AGERPRES