(ANSA-AFP) - BUCHAREST, 07 DIC - Romanian police raided
houses on Saturday linked to a probe into alleged irregularities
in the first-round presidential election win of far-right
outsider Calin Georgescu, a day after the top court cancelled
the imminent run-off. The annulment comes after a spate of
intelligence documents declassified this week by the presidency
detailed allegations against Georgescu and Russia, including
"massive" social media promotion and cyberattacks. The court's
move sent shockwaves across the EU and NATO member state
bordering Ukraine and opened the way for a new electoral process
to start from scratch while a new government is due to set a
date for a fresh vote. Three houses in Brasov city in central
Romania were being searched on Saturday as part of the
investigation "in connection with crimes of voter corruption,
money laundering, computer forgery," said a statement from the
prosecutor's office. It said the swoop targeted a person
involved in the "illegal financing of the electoral campaign of
a candidate for the presidency of Romania, through the use of
sums of money," without naming Georgescu. The prosecutor's
office would not name the person at the heart of the operation
either. The investigations also concern the violation of the law
on the prohibition of organisations and symbols of a fascist,
racist or xenophobic nature, the statement added. (ANSA-AFP).
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