The Romanian electoral commission expressed in a statement on Saturday March 15, its decision to exclude from the presidential race a second far -right personality, Diana Sosoaca. The commission had already dismissed the favorite of Callin Georgescu polls, in a very tense climate as the May election approaches.
In her motivation, she recalls that the 49 -year -old MEP had already been excluded from the previous ballot in November 2024, thereafter canceled. The Constitutional Court then questioned declarations contrary to “Democratic values”evoking a danger for the belonging of Romania to the European Union (EU) and NATO. If this sanction is not valid for life, this is the same electoral cycle, justifies the commission.
“I am proof that we do not live in democracy”reacted the ex-somenator on Facebook, adding that she intended to appeal. Thursday, she had put on boxing gloves to apply, ready to “Fight the system again”.
This stormy lawyer wants “Getting its greatness to Europe and Romania” Like Donald Trump with his slogan “Make America Great Again”. She is accused of conveying propaganda messages favorable to Kremlin and anti -Semitic views. Also known for her opposition to anti-Cavid measures, she was expelled in July 2024 from the hemicycle to Strasbourg, after interrupting the debates by his cries.
“Serious violation of rights”
His small party, SOS România (SOS Romania), had collected in the legislative elections of December 2024 about 7 % of the votes, giving it the right to 24 seats of deputies.
The electoral office, on the other hand, validated the file of the head of the Alliance party for the Romanian unit (Aur), George Simion, the extreme right figure the best placed since the exclusion of Mr. Georgescu. According to Aur, the rejection of the candidacy of Diana Sosoaca “Represents a new blow to Romanian democracy and a serious violation of fundamental rights and freedoms”.
Romania has plunged in chaos since the surprise emergence, in November 2024, of Calin Georgescu, after a massive campaign on Tiktok tainted with suspicions of Russian interference. The election had been canceled in the process, a extremely rare decision within the EU, and it was again definitively dismissed this week of the ballot, the first round of which is scheduled for May 4.
Elon Musk, close advisor to Mr. Trump, supported him on X and the US vice-president JD Vance has castigated Romanian authorities who have “So afraid of their people that they silence it”.
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It is in this context that a demonstration was held on Saturday against the rise of the extreme right in Bucharest. Thousands of people have expressed their attachment to the European Union, brandishing starred flags on a blue background alongside national standard. If protests, sometimes violent, had taken place after the ban hitting Mr. Georgescu, no incident was reported on Saturday.