Video Of Romanian President Hitting A Child Deliberately Fabricated – Spokesperson

Voinescu said the election campaign had reached its "dirtiest" stage, calling the video a "diversion" aimed at turning the focus to the campaign, instead of debates between the two candidates in the runoff.

Voinescu gave the floor to Lucian Blaga, a person Voinescu introduced as a video editing, special effects and animation specialist.

Blaga argued the footage had been faked, saying that several frames were missing from the clip of the president's hand moving, that a "mask" had been used over part of the president's left shoulder, and that the chin of the woman in the clip was unrealistically large.

Romanian daily Gardianul recently posted online a video, filmed in 2004 during the electoral campaign for the presidential elections, showing Basescu at a rally. Later in the clip, Basescu seems to strike a child across the face with the back of his fist, for undistinguishable reasons.

Basescu denied the allegations, saying the clip was altered and stressing he has never, in his entire life, struck a child.

Furthermore, one eyewitness, brought forth by Basescu's campaign staff, said the event never happened, there was no contact and, thus, the child was never hit.

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