Nicușor Dan: “Călin Georgescu was not a lonely rider. He had a network of Romanians with money, financed from Moscow”
Nicușor Dan. Photo: Profimedia
President Nicușor Dan said on Thursday, at Digi24, that former candidate George Georgescu, sued following the first round of the Presidential Election of December 2024, “was not a lonely rider”, but had “a network of Romanians with money”, financed from Moscow.
Asked if he has indications regarding the involvement of some institutions in Romania in the vicinity of the elctoral process, Nicușor Dan replied that “he knows some things, but he prefers not to answer at this time.”
“Georgescu was not a lonely rider who had a vision and convinced 2-3 million people. He had a network behind Romanians with money,” said Nicușor Dan, specifying that his “good faith” supporters must now accept the evidence of Russia's interference.
The president explicitly confirmed the source of financing: “Is it about private? Yes, some money from Romania. The source of the money being Moscow?
The president said, in connection with the indictment of the former candidate, that it is for the first time that there is clear evidence of Russia's involvement in the election campaign: “All Georgescu's supporters, good faith, have so far thought it was not an interference of Russia. Now we will have a lot.”
“Everyone was wrong. Including Klaus Iohannis”
The leader from Cotroceni also transmitted that the cancellation of the first tour of the presidential elections of December 2024 “was a moment of weakness”, but ended “with an extremely brave decision”. He announced that he would request the desecretion of the elements discussed at the CSAT meeting on December 6 “at the right time”.
Asked if something reproached for former President Klaus Iohannis, Nicușor Dan said: “Everyone was wrong. Including Klaus Iohannis. But what I want to appreciate is that at that time, on December 6, when the CCR made the decision, and the president, and the institutions in the CSAT had the courage to make an extreme decision. brave. ”
Nicușor Dan has also quoted reports of information services in several European states, NATO and EU indicating Russian interference.
“We have reports of intelligence services in France, Spain, UK, NATO, EU, which all say that we have to deal with a Russia's computer attack on European countries, some explicitly say the name of Romania,” explained President Nicușor Dan.
