"Had the president made this statement two months ago, a year and a half a go or possibly in 2012 when he appointed for the first time Victor Ponta as prime minister, I would have said that we must see what is the truth based on documents. In the elections campaign I believe this is an elections topic and I have not seen any evidence because it is not a proof in itself to say this is what you’ve seen, this is what you’ve heard, you must produce some evidence", Kelemen Hunor said Tuesday evening, according to Agerpres.
Kelemen Hunor added that "unfortunately" the topics being approached " have nothing to do with the future of Romania, the country project, or with a vision of the future of Romania".
Asked to state his opinion about how long Traian Băsescu has had the information, the UDMR a leader said he did not know, but he was just "making logical deductions".
President Traian Basescu said on Monday evening that Victor Ponta was an undercover officer of SIE between 1997 and 2001.