Calin Georgescu, to the shock of imperialism, quite unexpectedly won the first round of the Romanian presidential that took place on 24 November 2024, and was heading for victory in the race with a comfortable lead in the second, and final, round over the second-place candidate, Elena Lasconi.
Immediately after the first round, Georgescu was portrayed by the imperialist media and its imperialist lackeys in Romania as anti—Nato and a Russophile extremist, the usual formula whenever an anti-establishment candidate wins.
As a matter of fact, the hard-pressed Romanians in the countryside, the state of the economy, budget deficits and many other problems played a role in Georgescu’s electoral success. The government’s popularity was down to the grim figure of 8%, worse than in France whose problems are under the close scrutiny of the financial markets.
Alarmed by the prospect of Georgescu stepping into the office of the Romanian presidency, the Romanian ruling circles and their imperialist patrons took the step of referring the matter to the constitutional court on the grounds of alleged Russian interference via TikTok, and the court obediently annulled the result of the first round and cancelled the second round which had been scheduled for 8 December.
The judges argued that the first round was flawed throughout by various irregularities which distorted and violated democratic principles.
Georgescu has said that he will appeal to the Supreme Court that the 9 lower court judges had overturned the decision of millions of Romanians; that the judges’ decision was “practically a coup d’etat”. He has been holding large rallies across the country to rally people to his cause.
That is ‘democracy’ under the thumb of imperialism. No candidate is allowed to be declared a winner unless he or she wholeheartedly is on the side of imperialism and is approved by the latter.
We shall see what happens next. Romania has been in a mess since the overthrow of Nicolae Ceauşescu – politically, economically and socially. All that was built during his time was dismantled just as was the case in all the former socialist countries of eastern Europe.
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