Why Ion Iliescu did not appear in the public space in recent years. Explanations given in his last interview
Former President Ion Iliescu spoke, in an interview given last year to the blogger “Adevarul”, Ionuț Vulpescu, about the reasons that determined him not to appear in the public space.
Ion Iliescu has not been to the party since 2015. Photo Dragoș Savu
Asked why he withdrew “easy, easy” from public life, since he was not even at the party since 2015, former President Ion Iliescu said that the sense of measure is very important and that he never liked to be boss.
“” In politics, what everything says about you does not about the peak moments of power, but the way you choose to withdraw. I had a longevative political career-what I could have wanted more than that, so I could do something for the country? Patetic, even ridiculous, to wait for something when you had everything. The choices of this type do not minimize, but caricature. Plus, the “boss” displeased me. It's very fun for me to see that in a society of leadership, everyone is boss. For those who were attentive to my political elections, this moment of withdrawal, with discretion, was predictable. I knew what it means to win, I knew what it means to be in opposition, and I was not ashamed, and I even understood that it was an art to make politics from this position. But it is important that after you have been on both tiles from a balance of power, you will return to what makes you keep your humanity: family, friends, hobbies. There are many forms in which you can remain in contact with the world: this discretion does not imply ascetic. I have a blog, once I was very active on the blog, I wrote books in all these years, I continued to study and see what is born from the silence of others: of artists, writers, scientists. From the silence of thought. It is true, however, that if the chronologies were different, I would not have felt good in the current political climate ”said Ion Iliescu in the last interview for “Adevărul”, given to the former Minister of Culture Ionuț Vulpescu.
