Diana Șoșoacă has been sent to trial on two charges of ultraj, a Romanian offence involving conduct against public officials. The important change is procedural: the case moves from the prosecution stage to court. The decision does not establish the Romanian MEP’s guilt.
HotNews reported that prosecutors decided on Tuesday to send the SOS România leader to trial while she remains at liberty. According to Digi24, the case stems from an incident in December 2024, when two police officers went to her home to deliver a fine connected to filming in a voting booth during the first round of Romania’s 2024 presidential election.
Prosecutors allege that Șoșoacă refused to accept the fine and insulted and threatened the two officers, including during a social-media livestream, Digi24 reported. Those allegations are now matters for a court to assess alongside the evidence and any defence arguments.
The referral matters because interactions with police officers carrying out official duties should not be reduced to political dispute or online spectacle, even where a public figure is involved. Public officials deserve protection from threats, while criminal allegations deserve a rigorous and fair hearing. Both principles point in the same direction: a court, rather than public pressure, must examine the case.
The available reports do not identify the court handling the file, a first hearing date, the evidence cited by prosecutors, or a response from Șoșoacă or her lawyer. That limits any assessment of the merits. What has changed is clear, however: prosecutors have brought the allegations before a court, where they must be tested rather than treated as a pre-written conviction.
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Independent editorial content. WUA is not affiliated with any political party. 2026-11-11