George Simion does not participate in the second electoral debate / what the other one says absent from the first debate
The President of Gold holds a press conference at the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, April 11, 2025. Inquam Photos / Sabin Cirstoveanu
The gold candidate in the presidential elections, credited by the opinion polls with the highest score for the first short tour, will also be missing from the electoral debate organized by TVR, to which all 11 candidates were invited. TVR had announced that they had confirmed the presence of all the candidates, but Simion's presence became uncertain after Monday evening he left the Digi24 debate before he started.
Contact hotnews on Tuesday, TVR representatives said that all 11 presidential candidates on Monday night had confirmed the presence at the Electoral Debate on Tuesday, from 19.30, in Cotroceni. After the departure of Simion from the first election show, his presence at the other two electoral debates – from TVR and from Antena3 (Wednesday night) – was no longer a certainty.
Contacted on Tuesday by Hotnews, the gold leader said he would not take part in the TVR debate.
On Monday night, Simion went to the debate from Digi24, offered a bouquet of flowers Elena Lasconi, then left, invoking that she could not hold such a debate, given that last year's presidential elections have been unduly canceled: “Out of respect for the Romanian people, I cannot go to this Electoral.
Victor Ponta was missing from the debate from Digi24, who announced a few hours before it is no longer. Ponta told Hotnews that he will be present at the election debate at 7.30 pm from TVR.
George Simion answers the questions of Hotnews readers, from 5 pm. Why avoid electoral confrontations?
