Călin Georgescu's lawyer criticizes the indictment. “A simulacrum that will be abolished by justice”
Lucian Catrinoiu, Călin Georgescu's lawyer, qualified the indictment prepared by the General Prosecutor as a “simulacrum”, Claiming that the accusations against the former presidential candidate are unfounded and that the courts will demonstrate the lack of sound of the document.
Calin Georgescu was sent to court: Inquam Photos / Octav Ganea
“A simulacrum of the indictment, which will be abolished by justice, because, not to forget, the justice is carried out by the High Court of Cassation and Justice, as well as by the other courts”said Lucian Catrinoiu in an intervention at Realitatea Plus. He added that the courts will demonstrate the lack of indictment. The process will continue with the analysis of the evidence and the legality of the referral document, the lawyer said.
What prosecutors reproach
The General Prosecutor's Office was sued on Monday, to Călin Georgescu, a former candidate for presidential elections, for complicity in the attempt to commit actions against the constitutional order and the communication of false information, in continuous form.
In the same file, Horațiu Potra was sent to court, for attempting to commit some actions against the constitutional order, non -observance of the regime of weapons and ammunition, non -observance of the regime of explosive subjects, any operations with pyrotechnic articles performed without law and public instigation, along with 20 mercenaries.
According to prosecutors, Horațiu Potra, his son Dorian Potra and another family member, Alexandru Potra, left Romania and are in international pursuit; The Romanian authorities do not have information about the place where they would be.
The plan and the means used as it appears from the indictment
The data in the indictment shows that the network coordinated by Horațiu Potra was ready for “extreme violence“In Bucharest after the annulment of the December elections. The prosecutors claim that the actions of Călin Georgescu: organizing, under clandestinity, of the meeting and discussing a conduct plan, contacting the leader of a radical-nationalist organization with the message that “The next day will send to its supporters a concrete action exhortation“, As well as the communication of false information with alarmist and potentially manipulative character, plus urges to continue the vote despite the cancellation decision, “They maintained, respectively strengthened Potra's criminal resolution.”
As a result of the established plan, Potra would have coagulated a paramilitary group of 21 people, led by him. Within it, the movement to the municipality of Bucharest was established with seven cars; After arrival in the capital, the members were to trigger protests against the bodies exercising the state authority, meant “to attract the engagement and wide support of the population”, The prosecutors claim. The protests were to be diverted in violent actions aimed “Preventing the exercise of legitimate power in the state and reconfiguring the constitutional order”endangering national security, it is shown in the indictment.
Logistics and armament
According to prosecutors, on December 7, 2024, after organizing and ensuring logistics, consisting of cars and a significant number of dangerous objects, the group started for Bucharest. Among the objects described in the indictment are: “knives knife, dagger, long blade knivestelescopic sticks, pepper sprays, boxes, axes and tails, two pistols and 65 pyrotechnic materials in the F4 category (the most dangerous of those allowed for professional use, having a high content of explosive substance with potential to produce strong explosions, serious injuries or deaths, fire or significant materials) “”.
In short, the Prosecutor's Office claims that the movement and endowment of the group were organized, with the intention of transforming the protests into violent actions to support the revisionist agenda of the defendants.
