Yesterday, Iliescu, a former top communist leader, pardoned Miron Cozma, who was serving an 18-year prison sentence for leading miners to Bucharest on a rampage in 1991. The miners' attack left three dead and led the government to resign.
Iliescu's spokeswoman Corina Cretu said from Brussels, where Romanian officials are attending a European Union summit, that Iliescu decided to cancel the pardon after a public outcry and following consultations with Prime Minister Adrian Nastase.
Romanian President-elect Traian Basescu today refused to travel to the EU summit in the same airplane as Iliescu to protest Iliescu's pardon of Cozma.
(Reuters/AP/RealitateaTV)
Iliescu's spokeswoman Corina Cretu said from Brussels, where Romanian officials are attending a European Union summit, that Iliescu decided to cancel the pardon after a public outcry and following consultations with Prime Minister Adrian Nastase.
Romanian President-elect Traian Basescu today refused to travel to the EU summit in the same airplane as Iliescu to protest Iliescu's pardon of Cozma.
(Reuters/AP/RealitateaTV)
