Violent protests in Bucharest: 13 police officers injured with riot!

Violent protests in Bucharest: 13 police officers injured with riot!

Bukarest, Rumänien - in Bucharest, there were violent riots after the presidential candidacy of the right -wing extremist politician Calin Georgescu was rejected by the central electoral office. Georgescu surprisingly won the first round of the election on November 24, but the constitutional court canceled this decision. The election will be repeated on May 4th. Hundreds of his followers protested in front of the electoral office, set on fire and attacked the police with paving stones. According to the police, 13 civil servants were injured in the violent clashes, four of them had to go to the hospital. In addition, seven alleged rioters were arrested, such as vol.at reported .

The situation continued to escalate when observers reported that George Simion, chairman of the extreme right party Aur, had called for demonstrators to violence. Simion publicly said that the members of the electoral offices "should be skinned in a public square", which caused the public prosecutor to initiate an investigation. Georgescu is under pressure not only because of the rejected candidacy, but also because of suspicion of inciting to anti -constitutional acts and false information on the election campaign financing. He is currently under free foot, such as nau.ch reported .

electoral commission and EU under fire

The rejected candidacy Georgescus also made waves in Austria. FPÖ boss Herbert Kickl and the free EU delegation manager Harald Vilimsky expressed their lack of understanding on the decision of the Romanian election commission in a press release. Kickl criticized the fact that the EU is increasingly involved in election processes and thus endangered democratic processes. Vilimsky described the dismissal as "unimaginable attack on democracy" and called for a rethink in EU policy. The final decision on Georgescu's appeal is expected until Wednesday.