After annulled vote
\n BUCHAREST
\nRomanian prosecutors were questioning Wednesday far-right politician Calin Georgescu, who topped the first round of last year\u2019s presidential elections but later saw the results annulled in a shock move that has shaken the country.
\nThe country\u2019s constitutional court in December annulled the elections following allegations of Russian interference and claims of \u201cmassive\u201d social media promotion of Georgescu, who shot to prominence virtually overnight.
\nGeorgescu has denied any wrongdoing and called the annulment a \u201cformalized coup d\u2019etat.\u201d
\nTelevision footage showed Georgescu entering the general prosecutor\u2019s office flanked by police.
\nA judicial source told AFP he would be questioned, but declined to comment further.
\nEarlier Wednesday, authorities searched dozens of premises around the country, according to a statement by the prosecutor\u2019s office.
\nProsecutors said the raids were part of a probe into alleged offenses including \u201cestablishing an organization with a fascist, racist or xenophobic character\u201d and \u201cfalse statements regarding the sources of financing of the electoral campaign,\u201d they said.
\nThe statement did not mention Georgescu by name.
\n\u201cI, on behalf of my voters, but also of those who, although they have other political options, want a democratic and free Romania \u2014 am fighting this security system that wants us in slavery,\u201d Georgescu posted on Facebook.
\nHis team said Georgescu was stopped by police in traffic and told to come in for questioning.
\nOutside the prosecutor\u2019s office, supporters of Georgescu gathered, some with flags and chanting \u201ctraitors\u201d and \u201cliberty.\u201d
\nThe decision by the EU and NATO member to annul the vote \u2014 rare in the European Union \u2014 plunged the eastern European country into crisis, with tens of thousands protesting it.
\nA new first round of presidential elections will take place on May 4, with a second on May 18 if no first-round candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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