Romania’s far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu was questioned as part of an investigation into his campaign as tensions mount over whether his bid to become head of state will move forward.

Romania’s far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu was taken for questioning by police as part of an investigation into his campaign.

The opposition far-right party AUR, which backs Georgescu in the presidential race announced that it will stage a protest outside the prosecutors’ office. Romania’s prosecutors are also investigating some of Georgescu’s allies and bodyguards.

Georgescu declined to comment when asked by the media about the questioning or any accusations against him.

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  • dumnezero@piefed.socialEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    We’ll see how it goes, questioning is not enough to shut down fascist organizations.

    edit: he’s going to be investigated without being in jail (free), so expect lots of drama.

    Accusations against him:

    1. incitement to actions against the constitutional order, in attempted form, provided for by art.47 C.p. rap. to art.32 C.p. rap. to art.397 para.2 C.p. – (punished by imprisonment from 15 to 25 years and prohibition of the exercise of certain rights)

    2. communication of false information, provided for by art.404 C.p. (punished by imprisonment from one to 5 years)

    3. false statements in continuous form, provided for by art.326 para. 1 C.p. with appl. art.35 para. 1 C.p. (regarding sources of financing of the electoral campaign and declarations of assets) (punished by a sentence of 3 months to 2 years or a fine)

    4. initiation or establishment of an organization with a fascist, racist or xenophobic character, joining or supporting, in any form, such a group, provided for by art. 3 paragraph 1 of O.U.G. 31/2002 (punishable by a sentence of 5 to 15 years and the prohibition of certain rights)

    5. promoting, in public, the cult of persons guilty of committing crimes of genocide against humanity and war crimes, as well as the act of promoting, in public, fascist, legionary, racist or xenophobic ideas, conceptions or doctrines, as provided for in art. 5 of O.U.G. 31/2002 (punishable by a sentence of 3 months to 3 years and the prohibition of certain rights)

    6. initiating or constituting an organization with an antisemitic character, joining or supporting, in any form, such an organization, as provided for in art. 6 paragraph 1 of Law 157/2018.

    (this is posted on many local news sites, here’s one of them)

    “Legionary” is a specific term relating to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Guard