Right-Wingers Clash with Police After Romania Bars Populist Calin Georgescu from Polls
c/europe · u/pan0wski@infosec.pub · 61 points
>Supporters of **Calin Georgescu** threw stones and bottles at riot police in Bucharest after the Central Election Bureau voted to bar the right-wing, pro-Russian candidate from competing in upcoming presidential polls.
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>The Central Election Bureau voted **10-4** to bar Georgescu, saying his candidacy did not meet the legal requirements and that he had “violated the very obligation to defend democracy”.
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>Georgescu condemned the decision as a “direct blow to the heart of democracy worldwide”. He now has 24 hours from Sunday’s ruling to file an official appeal with Romania’s Constitutional Court, which is expected to issue a decision on Wednesday at the latest.