Romanian far -right candidate for President Georgu taken for questioning

The ultimate populist Kalin George was detained by police as part of an investigation by prosecutors to fraud with a pre -election campaign after he came from nothing to win the first round of last year’s presidential election.

Georgescu was stopped in the capital, Bucharest, Wednesday.

His supporters said he was about to submit his candidacy for new elections in May after the expiration of the second round of the second round was overturned by the Constitutional Court.

Two right -wing populist parties said they were mobilizing their supporters to head to the prosecutor’s office, where Georgesko was taken for questioning.

Romanian reports said police were raising barriers around the building and that dozens of protesters had gathered to protest.

According to Romanian media, prosecutors have made a series of accusations against Georgesko, including acts against the constitutional order and participation in an extremist organization.

Populist opposition parties had previously filed a request for no confidence against the democratically elected pro-European government of Romania.

Romania’s outgoing president, Klaus Johannis, resigned earlier this month before the impeachment vote, encouraged by the canceled elections in December. He had decided to stay in office until he was elected in May.

Before the second round of the election was canceled in December, Johannis declassified intelligence documents, which suggest that hundreds of Tiktok accounts were activated to support Georgiscu.

Romanian foreign intelligence said Russia is behind this move, as well as thousands of cyber-attacks and other sabotage.

At that time, opposition politicians accused Johannis in an undemocratic move, and Georgiscu’s communication team repeated a claim against prosecutors.

“Where is democracy now?” They published on X on Wednesday, marking President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and US Vice President JD Vance.

Earlier this month, Vance accused Romania of canceling the election based on “unclear suspicion” for Romanian intelligence and pressure from its neighbors.

Romania is a vital part of NATO’s eastern flank and is a member of the European Union.

In the meantime, Romanian police said they had carried out attacks in several counties across the country, aimed at 27 persons as part of a criminal case related to the establishment of an organization “with a fascist, racist or xenophobic nature”.

Investigations were also being conducted in false statements about sources of funding for the election campaign, police said.

In the statement, he did not mention Georgescu himself, and it was unclear whether the attacks were connected.

Georgesko is accused of being pro -Russian and praised the fascist and nationalist leaders of Romania from the last century as heroes.

He denied that he was “a man of Moscow”, in an interview with the BBC last year, but referred to Vladimir Putin as a “patriot and leader” while pointing to “I’m not a fan.”

Romanian Foreign Minister Emil Hureseanu accused Elon Musk of “form of intervention” in Romania’s elections after the billionaire published several reports of support for Georgec.