Four detained over violence at March protest supporting Călin Georgescu in Bucharest
<p>Four people have been detained for 24 hours following the <a href="https://www.romania-insider.com/protest-turns-violent-bucharest-after-calin-georgescus-presidential-candidacy-invalidated" rel="noopener" target="_blank">violent protest in front of Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau in March</a>, where supporters of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu clashed with law enforcement. The individuals are accused of throwing objects at gendarmes, injuring at least one officer, and overturning a television station’s vehicle during the demonstration, which took place on the night of March 9–10.</p>

<p>The four will be brought before the Bucharest District 3 Court with a request for 30 days of preventive arrest, according to <a href="https://www.news.ro/justitie/patru-persoane-au-retinute-24-ore-urma-protestului-violent-sustinatorilor-calin-georgescu-fata-bec-fiind-acuzate-au-aruncat-obiecte-jandarmi-au-rasturnat-masina-unui-post-tv-1922402816002025040922003882" rel="noopener" target="_blank">News.ro</a>.</p>

<p>The protest turned violent after news broke that the Electoral Bureau had invalidated Călin Georgescu’s presidential candidacy. The Constitutional Court <a href="https://www.romania-insider.com/calin-georgescu-barred-presidential-elections-ccr-romania-march-2025" rel="noopener" target="_blank">later upheld the decision</a>, effectively banning Russia-friendly politician Georgescu from running for president again.</p>

<p>Prosecutors from the Bucharest Tribunal said that four house searches were carried out in Bucharest and Ilfov, and arrest warrants were executed for the suspects.</p>

<p>One of the suspects is under investigation for assaulting law enforcement, property damage, and disturbing the public order. Another is being prosecuted for assault and public disorder, while a third man faces charges of property damage and public disturbance. A woman is also being investigated for disturbing the peace.</p>

<p>According to prosecutors, evidence shows that during the protest outside the Central Electoral Bureau in Bucharest, the suspects threw blunt objects at law enforcement officers, overturned and damaged a TV station car, and disrupted public order through violent acts.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Investigators are continuing to collect evidence in the case and are working to identify others who participated in similar actions during the same protest.</p>

<p><i>irina.marica@romania-insider.com</i></p>

<p><i>(Photo source:&nbsp;</i><em>Inquam Photos/George Calin)</em></p>