Chaos broke out on the streets of Bucharest on Sunday evening as supporters of presidential frontrunner Călin Georgescu reacted with rage after Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau barred him from running again following the annulled November elections in which he won the first round of voting.
The Romanian capital descended into violence as supporters of populist-nationalist Călin Georgescu clashed with police, threw stones, launched fireworks, and set fires in the heart of Bucharest in response to the decision by judges and representatives of political parties at the Central Electoral Bureau to prohibit the independent candidate from running in the next presidential election.
Protesters congregated near the headquarters of the Bureau, and by Romania’s central bank. Among the sometimes violent protests a TV truck vehicle belinging to
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