Article originally appeared on www.zerohedge.com.
Not long after sparking outrage inside and outside the country by barring right-wing frontrunner Calin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election, Romania has barred another populist from the contest, attributing the decision to the candidate’s supposedly unacceptable policy stances and “making declarations “contrary to democratic values.”
Romania’s electoral commission on Saturday announced that Diana Sosoaca would be banned from competing for the country’s presidency. That news is troubling enough on its face, but the Central Election Bureau’s rationale makes the development all the more chilling: Sosoaca is unfit for office because she has publicly voiced opposition to Romania’s memberships in the European Union and NATO.
Diana Sosoaca donned boxing gloves as she rallied with supporters when filing her candidacy last week (Vadim Ghirda / AP)
The court said Sosoaca’s stances are disqualifying because EU and NATO …
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