Romania Has Barred Leading Candidate Calin Georgescu from Postponed Presidential Election
There is a long and incredible backstory {GO DEEP} However, a Romanian “constitutional court” has now rejected the leading presidential candidate calin Georgescu from running for President.
As outlined by Reuters, “Romania’s central election authority said on Sunday it had decided to bar Georgescu’s candidacy, saying it was inadmissible after the Constitutional Court’s annulment of the December vote.”
Georgescu won the majority of the vote in December; however, after certifying the first round of the election, the court in Romania then heard a secret report from the EU intelligence system that claimed the candidate received some mysterious election support from Russia (never disclosed or validated), thereby establishing a predicate to annul the election outcome.
The court annulled the election outcome, set up a new election in May and now bans Georgescu from participating. Georgescu is a nationalist, and his ideological outlook is the exact opposite of what the EU want to see. As a consequence, appeals were made to Brussels to intervene and simultaneously inside Romania the election results were thrown out.
BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romanian far-right presidential contender Calin Georgescu said on Monday he would challenge a decision to bar him from taking part in an election rerun in May, but analysts said his chances of standing were slim amid fears of Russian meddling.
The dispute over Georgescu’s candidacy is firing up tensions both at home and abroad. A small group of his supporters smashed pavements and set rubbish bins ablaze in Bucharest on Sunday, while Elon Musk, a key adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, branded the decision to bar Georgescu “crazy”.
[…] “It’s a disgrace to the leadership of this country. You see that Mr Georgescu has different opinions and that’s why they didn’t accept him,” said Bucharest resident Victoria who declined to give her last name.
Challenges to decisions by Romania’s central election authority must be filed within 24 hours. The Constitutional Court should rule on Georgescu’s appeal by Wednesday.
Analysts have said it is unlikely that the top court will allow Georgescu to run again for the presidency.
The court set a precedent in October when it blocked the candidacy of another far-right candidate, arguing that her anti-European, pro-Russian views made her unfit for office. (read more)
Vice-President JD Vance previously drew attention to the Romanian “democracy” decrying the ridiculous decision to throw out the election result just because a candidate the court deemed did not express the right thinking won the election.
“There is no security if you are afraid of the voices of your own people,” Vance said. Continuing, “if you are running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing the American people can do to assist you.”
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