After the vote, former President Ion Iliescu, a member of the competing Social Democratic Party (PSD), unexpectedly issued a statement saying Antonescu is "intelligent, his speech is appealing and he is a decent man. … I wish he were a member of the PSD", said Iliescu.
По гласањето, поранешниот претседател Јон Илиеску, член на конкурентската Социјалдемократска партија (ПСД), неочекувано издаде соопштение.