Romania’s Fmr President Quits All Positions Within Social Democratic Party

Romania’s former president and honorary president of the leftist Social Democratic Party Ion Iliescu said Tuesday on Antena 3 he is resigning all positions held within the party.

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As honorary president of the Social Democratic Party, Iliescu, 80, is a permanent guest at party leaders' meetings.

Monday, social democrat heavyweight Adrian Nastase quit the race for the party's headship and said he would quit all positions within the party and remain a simple member, disgruntled with the organization of inner elections.

Iliescu said he disagrees with the party executive committee's decision to elect new leaders by voting lists of people instead of individually electing the best person for each job.

The party will elect its new leaders Saturday.

Iliescu is the founder of the Social Democratic Party and was the country's president between 1990 and 1996, when he lost the presidential election and was elected senator. Until 2000, when he is again elected president, Iliescu was the head of the Social Democratic Party.

In 2005, Iliescu loses the party's headship to current party leader Mircea Geoana and is elected honorary party president the following year. Iliescu did not run for a new term as senator in the 2008 parliamentary election.

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