Romanian Constitutional Court rejected Călin Georgescu’s appeal against the decision to invalidate his candidacy in the presidential elections. Thus, the pro-Russian, anti-EU candidate, loses his last chance for appeal.
On Sunday evening, the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) invalidated the candidacy of Călin Georgescu, with ten votes ”for” and four ”against”, arguing that it took into account the issues ”already settled” by the Constitutional Court and that the people running for the presidency must ”respect the Constitution and defend democracy”.
In the complaint sent to the Constitutional Court, Călin Georgescu complained that, from a procedural point of view, the BEC did not comply with all the legal conditions regarding the quorum, the procedure for holding the meeting, and ”flagrantly” violated the law by rejecting his candidacy.
In a first reaction, Georgescu said that he ”was and wants to remain a president of peace”, even if he did not win the presidential race in December 2024, and that he wanted ”Bucharest to be the capital of peace and Romania to be a Switzerland of the East”.
On 1 March, the General Prosecutor’s Office announced the opening of criminal proceedings against Georgescu on six counts, some of the most serious crimes under Romanian law, and the former presidential candidate faces a heavy sentence of up to 25 years in prison.
