The ACL candidate in the presidential elections Klaus Iohannis stated Thursday in a press conference that he would not participate in the election debate organized by Antena 3 scheduled for this evening.
"I’ve been to two debates, who had ears to hear, has already heard" Iohannis said from the party headquarters.
"Yesterday the fourth invitation from Antenna 3 was sent to him. (...) He declined all of them, as he has done now, this morning, in the chill morning air," journalist Adrian Ursu said on a telephone intervention to Antena 3.
"Klaus Iohannis reminds me perfectly of Traian Basescu. It's still weird to look so different and be so similar with Traian Basescu's campaign practices of 2009. At one point, Traian Băsescu was complaining that he was not invited to Antena 3. I invited him, after which he said he was not coming, " the general director of Antena 3, Mihai Gadea said.
Gadea pointed out that the last official invitation to the electoral debate organized by Antena 3 was launched yesterday.
"Yesterday, seeing that he did not respond to attending the confrontation tonight, I sent another letter in which I invited him to the debate and in order to do things right, I told him we very much needed him to provide an answer by 19 o'clock, the same evening, " Mihai Gadea said, stating that this letter was not honored with an answer either .
Antena 3 sent a formal invitation to the campaign staff of Mr. Klaus Iohannis to participate in this evening's debate with Victor Ponta. Until now, the Liberal leader only went to his preferred television channels.