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Former President Ion Iliescu, honorary president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), accused on Monday "an act of media war on him", given that the central press in Bucharest published a statement of his quoted by the French newspaper Le Figaro, which he says is not true.
The former president added that, lately, he has chosen to be as little involved as possible in the political life of the PSD and of Romania and says that Le Figaro owes an apology and rectification of his so-called affirmations.
"And when I have something to say to PSD, I will do it directly without the media, either Romanian or foreign. I do not think we have fake news here, but an act of media war. Which I find equally unacceptable as attributing me allegations that are not mine. I regret press stoops so low. It seems to me that the journal owes me apologies and the correction of those statements," said Ion Iliescu.
According to the Romanian press quoting Le Figaro, Ion Iliescu allegedly said that "it is a difficult and confusing period for PSD, which is experiencing its worst political crisis."
