Nicuşor Dan claims that Bucharest City Hall acted correctly by refusing to authorize AUR's Saturday protest

President Nicuşor Dan stated on Tuesday that Bucharest City Hall appears to have been right when it refused to authorize the AUR protest scheduled for Saturday, although he specified that he was not familiar with the case in detail. The head of state emphasized that there must be a correspondence between the number of participants estimated in the official request and the mobilization announced on social media.

Nicuşor Dan was asked whether he would have approved the demonstration had he still been the mayor of Bucharest. He stated that, during his term, he had approved approximately 5,000 protests, including around 100 directed against him. According to him, there were also situations in which some demonstrations were rejected, generally when they overlapped with other events at the same location, with alternative solutions being sought.

The president explained that organizers cannot officially declare the participation of 50 people while promoting a large-scale mobilization for the same rally on social platforms. At the same time, he called for dialogue between the authorities and organizers to be maintained, amid the existing tensions in society.

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