Here are Basescu's main declarations:
- The Parliament denied my request to organize a referendum in the same time with the Presidential elections
- Considering that the Parliamentary decision is consultative, I decided to sign the decree for the referendum
- Romanians are called to express their will regarding the following national interest problems: a unicameral Parliament and a decrease of the number of Parliament at maximum 300 people
- Citizens are called to answer these questions: do you agree with a shift to a unicameral Parliament? Do you agree with a decrease of the number of Parliamentarians at maximum 300 people
- The referendum will be organized at November 2009
- For five years I did not manage to convince political parties to revise the constitution
- Romanians will have to be convinced to say yes
- This is the only way I can impose a reform process of the Parliament