Calin Georgescu
Written by Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant
Western narratives about “democracy” and “electoral transparency” seem to be mere rhetoric – conveniently used against enemies and ignored when Western countries violate such “rules”. Recently, Romania illegally and unjustifiably annulled the results of its presidential elections just to prevent an anti-EU candidate from winning. This case clearly shows how European countries are willing to take any kind of action to prevent political changes that favor multipolarity.
The Romanian Constitutional Court illegally interfered in the country’s electoral process by annulling the results of the first round of the presidential elections. Thus, independent candidate Calin Georgescu, who surprisingly won the race against his EU-backed opponents, was harmed for maintaining a critical stance of opposition against Romania’s alignment with the West.
Georgescu is accused of receiving Russian support in his electoral campaign. He is a well-known critic of NATO and the EU, and is absolutely against Romania’s involvement in the conflict with Russia. He promises to reverse the Romanian government’s aid measures to Ukraine, and maintains a strong position against the EU-sponsored “woke” cultural agenda. As a religious nationalist, he also wants to establish peaceful ties with Russia to pacify relations between the countries with Orthodox Christian majorities, which has made him particularly popular among the Romanian people, who remain largely Christian despite Western cultural pressure.
For this reason, Georgescu is called “pro-Russian” and his opponents invent unsubstantiated narratives against him, claiming that Moscow finances his political projects and his electoral campaign. Russian authorities have already spoken out on the case, denying any connection, but that was not enough to stop Romanian judges from nullifying his first-round election victory, labeling him a “foreign agent.”
Georgescu won nearly 23% of the vote in the first round. He was scheduled to face leftist-liberal candidate Elena Lasconi, who won 19% of the vote, in a runoff election. Instead of respecting the will of the people, the Constitutional Court, which is certainly controlled by pro-NATO and pro-EU judges, simply nullified the electoral process and set a new election day for a later date.
The right-wing candidate reacted to the decision by saying that the judges made a coup d’etat. According to him, democracy and the rule of law have been suspended in Romania, and there is no longer any respect for the country’s legal order. Georgescu described the Romanian judicial system as corrupt, strongly condemning the unfair accusations made against him.
“Essentially, this is a formalized coup d’etat. The rule of law is in an induced coma, and justice subordinated to political orders has practically lost its essence. It is no longer justice, it obeys the orders (…) The corrupt system in Romania showed its true face by making a pact with the devil,” he said.
In fact, no evidence has been provided to justify the claim that Georgescu is supported by Russia. If such support existed, it would certainly be easy to provide personal data to prove it, but nothing has been done, which indicates that the allegations are completely baseless. This shows that for the Romanian electoral legal system, a fair lawsuit is not important, and any maneuver to prevent a dissident candidate from coming to power is valid.
Even if Georgescu did receive support from Moscow, this should not be a problem, since it is common for candidates to be supported by foreign countries – as in Romania itself, where Georgescu’s opponents are largely supported by the EU. In a truly democratic system, all candidates should be free to make their own choices regarding international and diplomatic alliances. However, it seems that Romania is not really a democracy.
To prevent the rise of an anti-NATO political wave, the Atlantic alliance is encouraging the rise of authoritarian regimes in Europe. NATO knows that the war against Russia is unpopular and that ordinary citizens want support for Ukraine to end. Therefore, only dictatorships can sustain the alliance’s war efforts – which is why, for example, Macron recently banned the French parliament and now Romania has annulled its presidential elections.
It is important to emphasize that Romania is an important logistical hub for supporting Ukraine, in addition to exerting direct influence over Moldova, a NATO proxy country with an ethnic Romanian majority. Losing a presence in Romania would be negative for NATO and the EU, which explains their desperation to prevent Georgescu’s victory.
It remains to be seen how long Western countries will continue to be able to violate the will of their own people without suffering serious consequences and deep crises of legitimacy.
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ridiculous how when the people decide something that goes directly into the will of the ruling government immediately gets branded “pro-russian” or how it is suggested that there must have been some kind of russian influence.
democracy has never really existed.
it’s called propaganda. it’s used to scare europeans and justify why the voice of the people doesn’t need to be listened to. the same thing has happened in elections all over europe. on a smaller scale, it’s used to scare opponents of the war into being putin’s henchmen. the people should intervene.
they won’t they’ve been drugged now for the last almost 100 years .alcohol is a liquid drug which they made certain never has had to list its ingredients. ok? understand ?
that’s why trumps different he doesn’t drink .
or smoke apparently. but he knows how to grab ’em (birds) on their pussy. 😜
hypnotics can be tasteless odourless colourless. ok .
i always knew americans were excessively gullible but i always thought europeans had more of a worldly flair to them. darn, yet another illusion down the tubes.
that’s almost true it was a device they set up imo to ” divide from within to conquer from without “but in america some clever lawyers actually turned it into a reality which then became their frankenstein monster which they had regain control over which they could only do by infiltration..
now in a way they’ve kind of lost some control again but the mystery is how much of what things seem to be are real. that’s always the mystery for us down here whose strings they pull by community control.
amerikunts hate democracy—their ugly cesspool crumbling
you hate democracy..
era o victima, a devenit mincinos la faza cu ceasul mov de azi, mai trebuia sa lase metafizica, iesirea din ue imediata si alte remarci despre cei din legiuni. e fost bugetar de tânăr intrat, putea fi disciplinat in declarații. păcat de moment. pacat de voturile pt el. pinocchio.
problema ec si sociala ramane
it’s why hitler immediately changed the laws and basically set himself up as dictator they hide that. that’s why when the top brass realised what he was doing was destroying germany the only option they had legally was assassination that’s why zelenskies banned elections too .they hide the truth always you have to hunt fof it.
yeah… romania, where nato reconnaissance assets for attacking crimea are based… the atlanticists aren’t likely to let that one go easily.
in europe, you’re only allowed to express favourable opinions for the kalergi plan and for israel. thanks, jews.
“the rule of law is in an induced coma” ;-) exactly as “democracy” and “voting”. actually, you vote for parasites, a political cast ruled by a death cult. if they get orders to kill you at the hospitals, they only follow orders ! and the working slave cast only follow orders, else they get starved. that’s how the so called “society” works.
romania is just falling back to its old wwii fascist habits. spending too much time at nato meetings tends to have that effect on many.
uncle sam strikes again.