{"id":11621,"date":"2026-08-20T07:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=11621"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:01:35","slug":"timisoara-mayor-dominic-fritz-reconfirmed-as-usr-leader-after-constitutional-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=11621","title":{"rendered":"Timi\u0219oara mayor Dominic Fritz reconfirmed as USR leader after Constitutional Court ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dominic Fritz<\/strong> has been unanimously reconfirmed as president of Romania\u2019s pro-European political party Save Romania Union (USR) following the Constitutional Court ruling<\/a> that could cost him his mandate as mayor of Timi\u0219oara. More than 150 members of the party\u2019s Political Committee backed him during a hybrid meeting on Wednesday, August 19.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe system\u2019s mafia thought the anti-Fritz, anti-Timi\u0219oara law would divide us. They were wrong,\u201d Dominic Fritz wrote on Facebook. \u201cI thank the more than 150 colleagues who gave me a unanimous vote of confidence at today\u2019s USR Political Committee meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

The meeting was convened by the party\u2019s National Bureau after the Constitutional Court approved on Monday the so-called \u201cFritz Amendment,\u201d introduced by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) into the law governing the National Integrity Agency (ANI).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Under the amendment, Fritz is expected to lose his position as mayor of Timi\u0219oara within 30 days of the legislation entering into force. The president<\/a> can theoretically send the law back to Parliament for reconsideration before it takes effect.<\/p>\n

The USR leader announced that he will challenge the decision at the European Court of Human Rights. He argued that the measure applies to a past action, although the Romanian Constitution states that laws should apply only to the future.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, also on Wednesday evening, hundreds of people gathered in Timi\u0219oara\u2019s Opera Square to protest the Constitutional Court\u2019s decision. The demonstration began at 7 p.m. and was organized by the Alternativa Civic\u0103 Timi\u0219oara Association and the Timi\u0219oara Initiative Federation, Biziday.ro<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

The organizers did not provide an estimate of attendance, but images from the scene indicated that hundreds of people had joined the protest.<\/p>\n\n

Dominic Fritz also thanked those mobilizing \u201cfor the rule of law in Romania, regardless of political affiliation.\u201d \u201cOur position remains unchanged,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Timi\u0219 prefect Paul Finta announced<\/a> that mayor Dominic Fritz will remain in office but have his salary reduced by 10% for six months following a final court ruling that found him in an administrative conflict of interest<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n

(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/Virgil Simonescu)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dominic Fritz has been unanimously reconfirmed as president of Romania\u2019s pro-European political party Save Romania Union (USR) following the Constitutional Court ruling that could cost him his mandate as mayor of Timi\u0219oara. More than 150 members of the party\u2019s Political Committee backed him during a hybrid meeting on Wednesday, August 19. \u201cThe system\u2019s mafia thought […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}