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Trial of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu, mercenary leader Horațiu Potra postponed at first hearing
Prosecutors accuse the former presidential candidate of helping devise a plan to turn protests in Bucharest into violent unrest after Romania’s 2024 presidential election was annulled.
Irina Marica · Journalist
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The trial of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu, former mercenary leader Horațiu Potra, and 20 other defendants began with a postponement at the Bucharest Court of Appeal, Hotnews.ro reported. Georgescu did not attend the first hearing and requested a delay through his lawyers, which the court granted, setting the next hearing for September 28.
Potra and several other defendants appeared before the court for the opening hearing.
