Movies circulating on social media have revealed that the police in Romania’s more and more corrupt, globalist-authoritarian state have performed home raids on various media figures accused of involvement in voter bribery throughout Călin Georgescu’s 2024 presidential marketing campaign.
Amid a nationwide crackdown on supporters of Călin Georgescu, Romanian police, appearing below the course of prosecutors, carried out 17 raids throughout the capital, Bucharest, and 9 different counties on Thursday. The raids primarily focused TikTok influencers suspected of supporting the anti-establishment candidate, in keeping with reports from the Romanian press.
Perchezitii in dosarul Georgescu pentru coruperea alegatorilor. Vizati sunt Peschir si Makaveli pic.twitter.com/qfwQXcweyX
— aktual24.ro (@ak24ro) March 20, 2025
Amongst these raided was TikTok character Makaveli (actual title: Alexandru Virgil Zidaru), recognized for his anti-establishment views and connections to right-wing MEP Diana Iovanovici-Sosoaca.
Sosoaca, an MEP for SOS Romania, one in all Romania’s three populist proper events, was barred from final yr’s election after the Constitutional Courtroom dominated that her anti-NATO, anti-EU rhetoric and assist for nearer ties with Russia have been disqualifying elements.
Georgescu, a vocal critic of NATO, the EU, and support to Ukraine, achieved an surprising victory within the first spherical of final yr’s election, garnering some 23% of the central-eastern European nation’s vote to the institution’s dismay.
Celebrations have been short-lived, nevertheless, because it didn’t take lengthy for Romania’s politicized Constitutional Courtroom to annul the outcomes, citing funding irregularities and intelligence stories that claimed Russia had influenced the election.
To this present day, no proof of Georgescu’s wrongdoing has been revealed, but authorities have accused social media influencers of influencing public opinion. Like MEP Diana Iovanovici-Sosoaca, Romania’s election authority has banned Georgescu from working, though he had been main within the polls with 44% of the first-round vote.
Romania, Verifield ballot:
Presidential election
Georgescu (*): 45% (+34)
Antonescu (*-S&D|EPP): 20% (n.a.)
Dan (*-RE): 14% (n.a.)
Lasconi (USR-RE): 8% (-11)
Şoșoacă (S.O.S.RO-NI): 3% (n.a.)+/- vs. 20-21 November 2024
Fieldwork: 14-18 February 2025
Pattern measurement: 1,000— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) March 6, 2025
US Vice President JD Vance, final month throughout his keynote speech on the Munich Safety Convention, condemned the courtroom’s election annulment.
“The state of affairs bought so unhealthy that this December, Romania canceled the outcomes of a presidential election based mostly on the flimsy suspicions of an intelligence company and large strain from its continental neighbors,” Vance exclaimed. This, predictably, angered the Eurocrats in attendance.
https://x.com/daily_romania/status/1903492882654233028
Immediately, the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest launched a written Romanian translation of Vance’s speech.
— Each day Romania (@daily_romania) March 22, 2025
On Friday, the Normal Prosecutor’s Workplace announced that it had ordered the preventive arrest of businessman and TikTok influencer Bogdan Peschir, who stands accused of financing Georgescu’s marketing campaign with tons of of 1000’s of {dollars} in digital presents and transfers.
Finantatorul campaniei lui Georgescu, obligat sa-si dea jos masca si ochelarii pic.twitter.com/QMvpvqxb0f
— aktual24.ro (@ak24ro) March 20, 2025
In response to official data, utilizing his TikTok deal with “bogpr,” Peschir allegedly “made funds totaling $381,000 between October 24 and November 24, 2024, to customers of varied TikTok accounts selling candidate Călin Georgescu, together with after the official marketing campaign interval had ended”—a violation of Romanian regulation.
Peschir has denied straight financing Georgescu’s marketing campaign, stating that whereas a few of his donations went to the candidate’s supporters, others have been directed towards charity, non-political TikTok accounts, and even accounts supporting different candidates.
Peschir has insisted that his donations have been private and voluntary, likening them to “Elon Musk supporting [U.S. President Donald] Trump” in final yr’s presidential election. He has additionally denied any affiliation with Georgescu’s marketing campaign.
His lawyer condemned the arrest, calling it politically motivated.
Presently, the Trump administration is claimed to be discussing potential measures in opposition to Romania’s globalist deep state following the ban on Călin Georgescu’s candidacy. In response to reports, one choice into consideration is revoking Romania’s participation within the Visa Waiver Program.
