The far -right Rommuel populist Calin Georgescu appealed to the decision of the country’s central electoral office (BEC) from preventing him from participating in the May presidential election.
The judges of the Constitutional Court will meet on Tuesday afternoon to discuss Georgescu’s appeal, and a final decision should be rendered on Wednesday evening.
The beak rejected its candidacy Sunday after a vote of 10-4, claiming that it “did not fulfill the conditions of legality”, while Georgescu “raped the very obligation to defend democracy”.
Last year, the court canceled the first November round of the November vote – in which Georgescu came first – after the intelligence revealed that Russia had been involved in 800 accounts of Tiktok the supporter.
In his appeal, Georgescu said that “beak had exceeded his legal powers”. He also argued that the decision of the Constitutional Court on the November elections should not have any impact on his candidacy for the upcoming vote in May.
In an article on social networks, Georgescu also described the ban on “direct blow to the heart of democracy around the world”.
The decision of the electoral office sparked troubles in Bucharest on Sunday evening. The clashes broke out between the police and the supporters of Georgescu who had gathered in their thousands of people outside the offices of the beak.
The BBC has seen at least one car turn around and the windows of the neighboring bars crashed. At least four people have been detained. Other demonstrations are expected on Monday and beyond.
Georgescu published a video on social networks thanking the Romanian people, but adding that “we must not give birth to violence or other forms of this kind compared to the way it was last night. We are going ahead with great confidence for the future of this country”.
George Simion, an ally of Georgescu and the chief of the far -right opposition alliance to unite the Romanians (Aur), the second largest party in Parliament, said on Monday that Romania was “in the middle of a coup”.
In a video on Sunday evening, George Simion called “those who committed the coup to be skinned in public for what they did … whether you like Calin Georgescu or not, he is the man that the Romanians voted”.
The Romanian prosecutor general opened a case against Simion for instigation of violence, and on Monday, he brought back the comments, saying that he used a “metaphor”.
On February 26, Georgescu was detained for interrogation on his way to register as a candidate in the May elections, encouraging tens of thousands of Romanians to walk in the streets of Bucharest in protest.
Georgescu – A fierce critic of the EU and NATO – came out of almost nowhere last year to lead the first round two weeks ago in the midst of allegations of Russian interference. He has since seen some support from the Trump administration.
Last month, US vice-president JD Vance accused Romania of having canceled the elections based on “fragile suspicions” of intelligence and the Romanian pressure from his neighbors.
And Trump’s advisor, Elon Musk, posted on X, saying: “How can a judge end democracy in Romania?”
