{"id":4748,"date":"2025-04-25T07:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T07:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=4748"},"modified":"2025-04-25T07:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T07:00:30","slug":"romanian-electoral-authority-accuses-bucharest-mayor-of-undeclared-financing-in-presidential-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=4748","title":{"rendered":"Romanian electoral authority accuses Bucharest mayor of undeclared financing in presidential campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) in Romania has notified the General Prosecutor&#8217;s Office regarding three irregularities found in the electoral campaign of Bucharest mayor Nicu\u0219or Dan, one of the three leading presidential candidates besides the ruling coalition&#8217;s candidate Crin Antonescu and the far-right leader George Simion, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/hotnews.ro\/nicusor-dan-reclamat-la-parchetul-general-de-catre-aep-candidatul-independent-la-prezidentiale-acuzat-ca-nu-a-declarat-peste-3-milioane-de-lei-proveniti-din-donatii-1954975\" target=\"_blank\">Hotnews.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the irregularities, Nicu\u0219or Dan allegedly obtained donations worth over RON 3 million (around EUR 650,000) that he did not declare. He also reportedly used a City Hall car for electoral purposes, while his electoral staff placed unauthorized banners (stickers) with the slogan &#8220;Honest man!&#8221; on the windows of the Ci\u0219migiu Hotel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For these deeds, Dan can be charged fines or confiscation of the funds.<\/p>\n<p>The electoral staff of Nicu\u0219or Dan said that the AEP had not notified them of the alleged irregularities and implied political bias.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have not been provided with such a document by the Permanent Electoral Authority. The information published by the media appears to be a draft of an internal working document of the AEP based on subjective and unfounded suspicions. [&#8230;] This is not the first time in this campaign that the AEP has had a biased attitude. There is a suspicion that this unsigned document was leaked to the press with the aim of defaming candidate Nicu\u0219or Dan,&#8221; according to Bucharest mayor&#8217;s electoral staff, quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.g4media.ro\/echipa-de-campanie-a-lui-nicusor-dan-despre-sesizarea-aep-la-parchetul-general-nu-ne-a-fost-comunicat-un-astfel-de-document-nu-e-prima-oara-in-aceasta-campanie-cand-aep-are-o-atitudine-partinitoar.html?mc_cid=e3b3056da5&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">G4media.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Facebook\/Nicusor Dan)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) in Romania has notified the General Prosecutor&#8217;s Office regarding three irregularities found in the electoral campaign of Bucharest mayor Nicu\u0219or Dan, one of the three leading presidential candidates besides the ruling coalition&#8217;s candidate Crin Antonescu and the far-right leader George Simion, according to Hotnews.ro. Among the irregularities, Nicu\u0219or Dan allegedly [&hellip;]<\/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-4748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4748","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=4748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}