Romanian far-right MEP Diana Sosoaca has filed a criminal complaint against the country’s top court after she was removed from the presidential ballot last month, in the first ruling of its kind.
She accused the Constitutional Court’s judges of conspiring with the country’s political leaders and establishment and the U.S. and Israel and maneuvering her out of this month’s presidential elections.
Mrs. Șoșoacă who heads the nationalist party S.O.S Romania on Thursday addressed her supporters and vented her grievances outside the General Prosecutor’s Office. She was barred from entering the building to submit her complaint which was subsequently filed online.
She cited “the obstruction of the exercise of electoral rights, organized criminal group, influence peddling, treason.”
She claimed that two other presidential candidates, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, and leader of the AUR nationalist party, George Simion and others, intervened to get her removed from the ballot.
She also accused Romania’s intelligence services and political machinator, Viorel Hrebenciuc, of plotting against her in a plan hatched by President Klaus Iohannis.
She claimed that Israel and the U.S. also conspired to remove her, without offering evidence.
Romania’s Constitutional Court stands accused of undemocratic election meddling after it removed the pro-Russia candidate on Oct. 5 from the presidential ballot, saying she would threaten the country’s position in the European Union and NATO.
Șoșoacă, leader of the who was elected to the European Parliament in June, can no longer run in the two-round presidential elections on Nov. 24 and Dec. 8.
The unprecedented ruling by the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) sparked criticism from her rivals across the political spectrum, ranging from socialists, liberals and academics.
It is the first time the court has booted a candidate out of the presidential race based on their public statements.
The court’s decision triggered an outraged, antisemitic response from Șoșoacă, in which she accused the EU, Israel, Americans and the French of plotting against her, along with the court itself.
The court said in its public judgment that based on her public speeches, Sosoaca wouldn’t be able as president to respect the country’s constitution and protect democracy, while threatening Romania’s membership in NATO and the EU.
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