Călin Georgescu is free to leave the country. On Saturday, the Bucharest Court decided definitively to revoke the judicial control under which the former candidate for the presidential elections has been since February 2025. Practically, from now on, Georgescu is no longer obliged to report to the police, he no longer has any travel restrictions and can leave Romania without asking anyone’s permission.
What the court decided
The court accepted the appeal filed by Georgescu’s lawyers, rejudged the case and established that the measure of judicial review is no longer justified. The decision is final, according to the decision published on the court portal. In other words, it can no longer be attacked.
How Georgescu reacted
On the night of Saturday to Sunday, Georgescu published a message on Facebook in which he thanked the supporters and attributed the decision to faith. “We welcome this step forward as a work of God, not a human achievement,” wrote the former candidate. He urged those who follow him to remain “united in fasting, prayer and love” and remembered the supporters who came “week after week with flowers and the tricolor to Bucharest and then to Buftea, in rain, frost, wind or heat”.
Free, but not escaped
The lifting of judicial review does not mean that Georgescu’s problems with justice are over. Far from it. The former candidate remains accused in two criminal cases. In the first, he is accused of legionnaire propaganda, and the Bucharest Court recently decided that the trial can begin, after rejecting the appeal filed by his lawyers. In the second, he is sent to court for complicity in attempting to commit actions against the constitutional order. Both cases are ongoing.
How did it get here?
Georgescu was placed under judicial control on February 26, 2025, after he was picked up by prosecutors and taken to hearings at the General Prosecutor’s Office. Since then, the measure has been extended several times. Judicial control required him to report to the police station periodically and prohibited him from leaving the country without the court’s permission. Now, after Saturday’s decision, all that is gone. Georgescu can go where he wants. It remains to be seen if he will leave and if he will return.
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