Among others, Geoana implied on his personal blog that Ponta had ill-advised him during the presidential campaign about a visit he had made to a controversial Romanian businessman a few days before the runoff, which the media unanimously agreed cost Geoana the elections.
Uz ostalo, Geoana je navijestio na svojem privatnom blogu da ga je Ponta pogrešno savjetovao tijekom predsjedničke kampanje oko posjeta kontroverznom rumunjskom poduzetniku nekoliko dana prije drugog kruga, što je, kako su mediji jednoglasno zaključili, Geoanu koštalo izbora.