"This shows once again the attitude of a cheater. These are very simple things, I said it at time too, it was perfectly normal to promulgate that bill, not because of someone making pressure, it was a law that passed the Parliament, accredited as constitutional by the Court and there was no reason for me, as interim president, not to promulgate it. Had any such reason, I would have sent it back, I had no such reason and, as such, I promulgated the act, as the will of the Parliament was", said interim president Antonescu.
According to Antonescu, Traian Basescu, after eight years of presidency, should have learned that a law promulgation does not go under the "tricks" category.