{"id":6908,"date":"2025-09-24T09:01:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6908"},"modified":"2025-09-24T09:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:01:37","slug":"romanian-mep-diana-sosoaca-rejects-prosecutors-push-to-lift-eu-immunity-calls-case-politically-motivated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6908","title":{"rendered":"Romanian MEP Diana \u0218o\u0219oac\u0103 rejects prosecutors\u2019 push to lift EU immunity, calls case politically motivated"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romania\u2019s far-right MEP Diana Iovanovici-\u0218o\u0219oac\u0103<\/strong> rejected the prosecutors\u2019 request for the European Parliament to lift her immunity<\/a>, calling the move politically driven and aimed at silencing her. The request relates to cases of unlawful deprivation of liberty, Holocaust denial, public promotion of the cult of persons convicted for genocide and war crimes, as well as fascist, legionary, racist, or xenophobic doctrines.<\/p>\n

\u0218o\u0219oac\u0103, leader of the far-right party SOS Romania, said in a statement quoted by news agency Agerpres<\/a> that the General Prosecutor\u2019s Office is seeking to punish her for speaking out against what she described as a \u201ccorrupt system\u201d and \u201cglobalist dictatorship.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe General Prosecutor\u2019s Office is asking for my parliamentary immunity to be lifted. Why? Out of fear. Because I spoke the truth, because I defended the Romanian people, and because I denounced the globalist dictatorship. I know the truth is uncomfortable. I am not guilty of any of the false accusations thrown into the public space,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The General Prosecutor\u2019s Office announced on Tuesday, September 23, that it had asked the European Parliament to strip Diana \u0218o\u0219oac\u0103 of her immunity in order to prosecute her on multiple charges. These include four counts of illegal deprivation of liberty, promotion of fascist and legionary ideologies, Holocaust denial, antisemitism, and insulting state officials.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said \u0218o\u0219oac\u0103 was summoned to appear for questioning on Tuesday but failed to attend.<\/p>\n

In turn, Diana \u0218o\u0219oac\u0103 insisted that the accusations were unfounded and politically motivated, framing them as an attack on the voters who had elected her to Brussels.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cParliamentary immunity is not a privilege. Removing it means silencing the will of hundreds of thousands of Romanians,\u201d she said, adding that the proceedings echoed \u201cthe show trials of the 1950s.\u201d<\/p>\n

The European Parliament must vote on the request before Romanian prosecutors can proceed with formal charges.<\/p>\n

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

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

Romania\u2019s far-right MEP Diana Iovanovici-\u0218o\u0219oac\u0103 rejected the prosecutors\u2019 request for the European Parliament to lift her immunity, calling the move politically driven and aimed at silencing her. The request relates to cases of unlawful deprivation of liberty, Holocaust denial, public promotion of the cult of persons convicted for genocide and war crimes, as well as […]<\/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-6908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908","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=6908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}