GOLD aggression against Dominic Fritz on the first night of the campaign. The GOLD candidate is the man of the Robu-Simonis (P) team

On the night of May 9, a group of AUR members interrupted the election campaign launch event for Dominic Fritz and Alin Nica in Piața Unirii, with chants, insults and intimidation.

We consider that the incident produced by AUR on the night of May 9 to 10 in Piața Unirii is a challenge and that, in Timișoara at least, George Simion’s party executes what PSDPNL orders it to do. Moreover, the AUR candidate for the Timișoara City Hall, Ilie Sârbu, is the personal adviser of the PNL vice-mayor Cosmin Tabără, who is also running on the PSD-PNL list for the City Council.

While Dominic Fritz, Alin Nica, together with Cătălin Drula, Eugen Tomac and Ludovic Orban, were giving statements to the press, in front of the display boards, a hostile group of AUR members forced their way through the group of supporters, instead of waiting, civilly, for the event to complete.

What created a stampede, in which the vice-mayor Ruben Lațcau was also involved, positioned between the mayor Dominic Fritz and the violent group from the AUR.

It’s not the first time that AUR has acted aggressively: it entered, also by force, the Timișoara City Hall two years ago with the stated intention of literally kicking out Mayor Dominic Fritz from the City Hall.

While Dominic Fritz and Alin Nica were detained in the ambush provoked by the AUR, PSDPNL leaders were quietly pasting posters in violation of the law: over the posters of Dominic Fritz and other candidates and on more billboards than the law allows.

This campaign atmosphere filled with hatred and violence is not specific to Timisoara. We are not surprised that AUR sympathizers react with brute force when the public space is flooded with dirt against Dominic Fritz, Nicolae Robu’s continuous attacks against him and even calls to violence coming from the Robu-Simonis camp via various sympathizers.

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