Shoshoake cited Putin's support as the reason for the non-admission to the Romanian presidential election

Diana Shoshoake, an MEP and leader of the S.O.S Romania party, told Izvestia on March 20 that she was not allowed to run in the Romanian presidential election because of her support for Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

"The official reason was that I would support Putin because I had been visiting the Russian embassy since 2022 and started advocating for peace in the region. And I created the only Peace Memorandum in the world, "Neutrality for Romania. Peace in Bucharest" and invited Russia, Ukraine, the United States, NATO and all other countries to Bucharest, to the Parliament Palace, to negotiate peace, because we do not need conflict," she said.

Shoshoake noted that she was accused of disrespecting the constitution, although she claims that she was the only parliamentarian who constantly referred to the basic law of the state in the Romanian parliament.

In addition, the MEP said that among the additional reasons why she was denied participation in the elections, her propensity to exceed the speed limit on the road was mentioned, which, in her opinion, is an absurd reason for ineligibility.

"In fact, they were afraid that I was in the first position in real statistics," Shoshoake stressed.

In addition, the party leader also criticized the Constitutional Court of Romania, calling it a political organization where judges are associated with government parties.

She mentioned her "very good relations" with the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. According to Shoshoake, she hates her for accusing the European Union of the pandemic, when more than 65,000 Romanians died. She assured that neither she nor her people would forget or forgive this.

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On March 15, the Central Election Bureau (CEC) of Romania did not allow Shoshoake to participate in the repeat presidential elections in May. It is specified that only three members of the Central Election Commission voted for her nomination, 10 members voted against.

The first round of the Romanian presidential election was held on November 24, 2024. According to official sources, opposition politician Calin Georgescu was in the lead with 22.94% of the vote, but on November 28, the country's Constitutional Court demanded that the Central Election Commission recount the results. They were cancelled on December 6. Repeat elections will be held in Romania on May 4. The second round is scheduled for May 18.