Romanian president: Presidency brought the biggest humiliation in my life

Romanian president Traian Basescu will withdraw from politics after ending his current president mandate and would not consider a role in any future Government, he said during a TV show on Sunday morning. “Being a president brought the biggest humiliations of my life. What happened from 2007, the daily insults have humiliated me. I have compensated everything by doing my job,” said the president during a live TV show on ProTV on Sunday morning. “I have had enough,” he went on.

The president said however he never intended to resign. “President cannot abdicate,” said Basescu. His mandate will end in 2013, after a five-year term, which came after his first presidential mandate, of four years. Street protesters asked for his resignation earlier this year, in January. Basescu, a ship captain, was the Bucharest mayor before becoming a president. He ruled out taking a role in the Romanian Government in the future, if given this option after ending his presidential mandate. editor@romania-insider.com