In an open letter written yesterday the ex Romanian President Ion Iliescu protests against "the media lynching campaign" he is under because of his involvement in the coal miners' attacks in June 13-14, 1990. He claims the President of Romania Traian Basescu is supporting this campaign.
In his letter Ion Iliescu denies all the charges against him in the indictment drawn by military prosecutors and he calls them "fanciful charges". He argues: "I am firmly denying the campaign of media lynching, lies and manipulation of reality in which some publications and television stations are involved, together with producers and journalists. But it is more serious that staff from the Military Prosecutor's Office is involved. The campaign is meant to denigrate me in relation to the events in December 1989 and those in June 13-15, 1990".
Roman was "freed" in the University Square
According to Ion Iliescu, President Traian Basescu is behind the present attempt to manipulation, since he pursues "revenge against all those who, by using a legal and constitutional right, voted for his suspension in the Parliament". The honorary president of the PSD (Social-Democrat Party) mentions that certain people involved in the events at stake are accomplices of military prosecutors and they are after rewriting history and diverting attention from cause to effect, by taking advantage of the political support provided by the head of state.
The ex President argues in the letter that Petre Roman, at that time a PM, is the man who consented to "the measures to free" the University Square suggested by the Interior Ministry. According to the document, the events in June 13-15, 1990 originated in "an agreement between the vice PM Anton Vatasescu at the meeting with the representatives of those occupying the University square", and "PM Petre Roman agreed to the measures proposed by the Interior Ministry on freeing the area in the morning of June 13, 1990".
Ex PM Petre Roman replied that on June 11, 1990 he had approved of a plan of measures to free University Square, but he added he disagreed to the use of war munitions and cannons.
The ex President also opines the indictment is not a juridical document, but a "deeply political" one. He is very critical of the use of the word "repression" in the case. According to Ion Iliescu, the idea is unrealistic, since after the elections held in May 20, won by the Front for National Salvation (due to 66%) and by himself (85%), any violence of the rulers against the opposition "would have led to the compromising of the rulers and the loss of credibility".
R.I.P.
Ziua Luni 27 August 2007 http://www.ziua.net/english
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