the first hearing before the Court of Appeal, Băsescu admitted writing the memos published by CNSAS, using the name "Petrov" at the request of Colonel Tudor from the military counterintelligence. However he denied having been an official collaborator of the Securitate (with a signed agreement), mentioning that he also filed other reports to his employer (the former Romanian shipping company "Navrom") under his real name. On 20 September 2019 the Court of Appeal Bucharest ruled that Traian Băsescu officially collaborated with the Securitate. Băsescu stated he would appeal against the ruling. The appeal at the High Court of Cassation and Justice will start on 5 November 2021. On 23 March 2022 the High Court of Cassation and Justice rejected Băsescu's appeal, thus confirming the Court of Appeal's ruling that he officially collaborated with the Securitate. Băsescu announced that he would take legal action with the European Court of Human Rights. Honours Foreign honours : Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (7 September 2011) : Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (16 November 2007) : Royal Order of the Seraphim (2008) : Order pro Merito Melitensi (2008) : National Order of Merit (7 October 2010) : Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (6 April 2011) : 1st Class with Chain of the Order of the Three Stars (28 February 2011) : Order of the Republic (27 January 2010) : Order of the Stephen the Great (2 April 2015) : Heydar Aliyev Order (18 April 2011) : Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles (16 April 2009) : Order of the White Eagle (2009) : Order of the Republic of Serbia (2013) Electoral history Mayor of Bucharest {| class=wikitable width=100% ! rowspan=2|Election ! rowspan=2|Affiliation ! colspan=3|First round ! colspan=3|Second round |- !Votes !Percentage !Position !Votes !Percentage !Position |-align=center ! 2000 | || 108,862 || || || 362,853 || || |-align=center ! 2004 | || 417,153 || || || bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=3| – |-align=center ! 2020 | ' || 72,556 || || |- |} Presidential elections References Other referencesAsociatia Civic Media, May 2007 "Piata Universitatii respinge noul puci al Moscovei" ("Supporting Băsescu, Civic Net – University Square is opposing the new coup-de-etat of Moscow inspiration")Cronica Română, 22 June 2006 "Constantinescu îl acuză pe Băsescu de colaborare cu Securitatea" ("Constantinescu accuses Băsescu of collaborating with the Securitate")Evenimentul, 14 December 2005. "Emil Constantinescu a adus documente