Court Of Appeals Allows Ex-Social Democrat Oprescu To Run For Bucharest Mayor

Oprescu’s candidacy had been rejected by the Bucharest electoral oofice and the Bucharest Court.

 

Oprescu’s lawyers presented the court with data from the latest annual report of the Romanian Statistical Institute, or INS, according to which Bucharest includes some 1.5 million citizens with the right to vote, therefore Oprescu’s over 35,000 support signatures should be enough to allow him to run for mayor.

 

"This is proof that Romania still has justice," Oprescu said after the court’s decision.