Romania Is Out to Prove Its Election Was Worth Cancelling
- Police raided homes of supporters of far-right candidate
- Victory of Calin Georgescu shocked political establishment
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Romanian authorities raced to piece together how a little-known pro-Russian candidate won the first round of a presidential election that’s now been annulled as they carried out a crackdown of surging extremist forces.
Police in recent days have raided the homes of supporters of Calin Georgescu, the fringe independent who scored a shock victory on Nov. 24. They’ve detained a businessman in possession of $7 million in cryptocurrencies and halted a group of armed mercenaries from allegedly provoking unrest in Bucharest as media sift through allegations of their links to the candidate.