USR accuses intimidation by the Police, a day before the elections. “The Romanian police have more to do with criminals, not with people who share messages on Facebook”

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USR accuses liberal minister Cătălin Predoiu of using the Romanian Police to “censor the Internet” and “intimidate voters”. The formation claims that, a few hours before the start of the vote, there were “several cases of abuse by the Police in many cities and counties in Romania”, News.ro wrote.

USR accuses liberal minister Cătălin Predoiu of using the Romanian Police to “censor the Internet” and “intimidate voters”. The formation claims that, a few hours before the start of the vote, there were “several cases of abuse by the Police in many cities and counties in Romania.”

“Specifically, the police went to the homes of USR members and sympathizers, but also to voters, citizens without political affiliation, or even called their parents to punish them for posting on Facebook. For example, in Timisoara, a USR member woke up with the police at the door and was sanctioned for sharing a post of a USR MEP. There are similar cases in Brasov and Bucharest, where it was reported to us that USR sympathizers either received phone calls from the Police or were sanctioned”, states USR in a press release.

Thus, the USR asks the PNL minister Cătălin Predoiu “to stop, at the last hour, these intimidation tactics”.

“The Romanian police have more to do with criminals, not with people who share messages on Facebook,” the cited statement states.

“It is unacceptable that the Romanian Police is monitoring Elena Lasconi’s supporters a few hours before the vote. It is a despair for the PNL because, as they also know, their candidate fails to enter the second round. I urge all Romanians to come and vote! Let’s stop the era of these privileged people, the era of democracy with epaulettes”, said Cristian Seidler, USR deputy and USR electoral campaign coordinator.