Former Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu is facing a scandal after photos emerged of him with Horațiu Potra, a private military contractor being investigated on weapons and ammunition charges as well public incitement to illegal gatherings.
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00:00Galen Georgescu, the former candidate ranked first in Romania's annulled presidential elections
00:07and Horatiu Potra, private military contractor, were seen together in several older photos.
00:14After he initially said that he did not know the former mercenary, Georgescu retracted
00:19his statement.
00:21Reportedly, the two would have met recently at a horse ranch near the capital.
00:32According to the owner of the horse ranch, Georgescu took riding lessons at his center.
00:43Horatiu Potra was released on Friday after he had been placed under judicial control.
00:48He is being investigated for weapon and ammunition offenses, as well as public incitement to illegal gatherings.
01:18It would have been a thing to harm the population of Romania, that's for sure.
01:25I mean, you don't come to Bucharest with so many weapons, where you know that people are protesting
01:30and you could catch the victims so that you don't harm them.
01:33I'm sure that the young people who were against Călin Georgescu would have felt it,
01:37so the connection is clear.
01:38It's a political thing, they want to denigrate Călin Georgescu.
01:45I think that one of them organizes what happened, the incitement to protests and so on.
01:55Horatiu Potra, who is a former fighter in the Foreign Legion,
01:58has a company through which he recruits soldiers to fight in Africa.
02:04During the searches, police and prosecutors allegedly found and confiscated 1.7 million dollars in cash
02:11and 500.000 euros in possession of Potra.
02:15It comes as the presidential elections in Romania were annulled due to the alleged interference of another state.
02:21The organization of the next elections for president will be decided by the future government.