Calin Georgescu's candidacy rejected, clashes between demonstrators and gendarmes – Liberation

The far -right personality Calin Georgescu saw his candidacy May In Romania rejected by the electoral commission, a decision which aroused the indignation of its supporters on Sunday March 9 in Bucharest. In a laconic press release, the electoral office announced this invalidation without giving any explanations.

The sixties, who is a favorite in the polls with some 40% of the votes, can still make an appeal before the Constitutional Court. He denounced on X « A direct blow to democracy in the world ». « Europe is now a dictatorship, Romania lives under tyranny! »he launched.

Several hundred of his supporters gathered in front of the building of the electoral commission and the gendarmes had to disperse them with tear gas, one of them having been injured by the jet of a bruising object. « Following a decision of the electoral office, demonstrators forced the gendarmes cord to try to enter the building »said the police, stating then that the situation was « Under control ».

Romania has switched to turmoil since the first round of the presidential election, held on November 24, which brought up on the Calin Georgescu political scene, hitherto almost unknown. Rare fact in the European Union, the Constitutional Court canceled this election following allegations ofRussian interference And new elections are scheduled for May in a very tense climate.

Tens of thousands of sympathizers from Calin Georgescu have descended in recent weeks in the streets, while the Romanian authorities have warned against « A series of hybrid actions » from Moscow. Suspected of having benefited from an illegal support campaign on the Tiktok platform, Calin Georgescu was charged last week for false declarations and incentive to disturb the constitutional order.