While expressing his refusal to resign,
German president Christian Wulff admitted Wednesday he made a “grave
mistake” by trying to stop a newspaper from publishing a story that
would embarrass him.
"The call to the chief editor of
Bild was a grave mistake, for which I am sorry and for which
I apologize,"
The voice-mail in question was sparked
by Wulff letting a low-interest rate on his home loan. He told the
editor-in-chief there would be “war” if the article was
published.
Despite pressure to resign as president
and the distraction it poses for Chancellor Angela Merkel, who
nominated him for the position, he said “[I will not resign]
because I had great support in the past weeks from many citizens, my
friends and employees. I like fulfilling my duties [as president]
and have taken the job for five years and want to show at the end of
the five years that I was a good, successful president. This has
been a learning process. I went from being a state premier to
president very quickly, without time to adjust or prepare. It all
went very fast."
Murkel has, for the moment at least, decided to continue backing Wulff.
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