Karin Georgek, a populist frontrunner in Romania's invalidity election, was taken into custody by police and charged by prosecutors on Wednesday.
Several people, including former Romanian presidential candidate Karin Georjuk, were detained, and multiple assaults were carried out on the property of his fellow members on Wednesday, including his personal bodyguard Hola Iu Potra, a former African mercenary group leader.
Running as an independent right-wing populist in last year's presidential election, Georgek won a surprising victory in the first round in November. However, amid accusations of Russian interference, the Romanian constitutional court negated the outcome and canceled the second round of votes.
in post On his Facebook account, a Georgescu spokesman argued that before being detained Wednesday, the politician was on his way to file papers for his rescheduled presidential run in May, suggesting that the action was not intended to hamper the democratic process, but failed to prove.
Romanian police, Georgek, without naming it, I said Previously, they conducted 47 searches nationwide, targeting 27 people. After that, they announcement Appeal against an unnamed defendant It will be identified In local media as Georgescu.
Like humans who are touted as “inciting action against constitutional orders,” “communication of false information,” “false statements,” “starting or establishing an organization with a fascist, racist or xenophobic nature,” and “advertising public promotion, promotional public promotion,” the former presidential candidate has been accused of being accused of being “fascist, racist or xenophobic nature of organizations with a fascist, racist or xenophobic nature of organizations.” racist or xenophobic ideas, concepts or doctrines” and “initiation or establishment of anti-Semitic organizations, joining or supporting any form of such organization.”
Supporters of the Nationalist Party AUR (Alliance of the Romanian Union) and presidential candidate Karin Georgek have read “Democracy” as a march in Bucharest on January 12, 2024, and “Democracy” to protest the second tour of the presidential election, which calls for President Iohanis to resign. (Photo: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP) (Photo by Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images)
Former President Klaus Iohanis following the controversial abolition of the election Declassification Multiple intelligence reports claiming that the network with the state's actor characterization has launched an influence campaign on China-owned Tiktox social media platform in support of Georgek's candidacy.
Romania's SRI National Intelligence Agency claimed that around 1 million euros had been spent on the campaign to promote the content in favor of Georgescu. They continued Claim Russia is behind the operation, and Moscow has also coordinated a series of cyberattacks. Critics say These claims have not been proven, so declassified intelligent reports have been heavy on the charges, but light on the evidence.
It faces potential perpetual votes from both the left and right opposition groups. He argued that the election nullification was intended to keep Bucharest political establishment in power, and President Iohanis resigned from his post earlier this month.
Georgek has spoken positively about Russian leader Vladimir Putin's past, critical of NATO's operations in Romania, where there are two major bases, and has denied that the former presidential candidate is “pro-Russian.” Rather, Georgek argued that he was just a pro-Roman populist along the Donald Trump line, and in December Trump said, “I know what he wants, he loves his people, he puts America first, and as I put it first… we have the same ideology.”
The abolition of elections in Romania was said at a security conference in Munich earlier this month:
“For many of us on the other side of the Atlantic, it looks like an old, entrenched interest hidden behind Soviet-era words like misinformation and disinformation. They simply don't like the idea that someone with a different opinion might express another opinion, or God can vote in a different way, or worse still win an election.
Trump's ally Elon Musk after Georgek was taken into custody on Wednesday I commented: “They just arrested the person who won the most votes in Romania's presidential election. This is a mess.”
According to On Romanian news outlet Digi24, Georgek was arrested, sang the national anthem, chanting his name, sang the message “Last resort, another revolution” and hundreds gathered outside the police station.
in statement Before his arrest, Georgek said: I will not give up, I rely on your support. ”
