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The Dâmbovița District Election Office decided on Thursday to ban in the county the use by USR-PLUS of the slogan “A Romania without theft”, claiming that it has “a marked defamatory character”, which can mislead the electorate. ” indirectly transmitting the idea that the rest of the electoral competitors would agree with a situation contrary to the message of the slogan, in the sense that they would favor the violation of the criminal law. ”This is the reason for the decision to admit the notification PSD that requested the prohibition of the slogan USR-PLUS.
Furthermore, the use of such a slogan can affect the freedom of voters to form their own opinion about the electoral contenders and about the political material promoted by each of them, which has a serious potential to influence the exercise of the right to vote. . and, implicitly, the result of the elections ”, is also shown in the BEC Dâmbovița decision.
PSD Dâmbovița asked the Electoral Office to prohibit USR-PLUS Dâmbovița from “using means of electoral propaganda not permitted by law” and to find out “the incidence of the provisions of art. 65, para. (5) of Law 208/2015 “In the electoral campaign it is prohibited to use messages or slogans of a discriminatory nature or messages inciting hatred or intolerance”.
PSD Dâmbovița also filed a complaint because USR PLUS “used a commercial type airplane, which flew over both the municipality of Târgoviște and its surroundings, a commercial airplane that had posted a banner with the motto“ A Romania without theft ”, it also registered the flag of this electoral alliance ”.
USR-PLUS announced that it will challenge the decision at the Central Electoral Office.
