Prosecutors sent Dan Tanasă to trial for incitement to violence, hatred or discrimination, without custody, as announced in a communiqué on 22 October 2026.
The indictment cites a 19 August 2025 Facebook post urging Romanians to refuse orders not delivered by a Romanian and criticising imports of workers from Asia and Africa.
The indictment was forwarded to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, which is competent to judge the case on the merits, after Tanasă was heard in July 2026.
Prosecutors from the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice have sent AUR deputy Dan Tanasă to trial for incitement to violence, hatred or discrimination. The communiqué, released on Thursday, 22 October 2026, says the case goes to court while the defendant remains free. Prosecutors say the act targeted workers from Romania who come from Asia and Africa, on grounds of race, nationality, ethnicity and religion. The communiqué itself did not print the deputy's name and referred only to a member of the Romanian Parliament, while press reports identified him as Tanasă.
According to the indictment, the case centres on a message published on 19 August 2025 on a social media platform accessible to the public. Prosecutors reproduce part of the text, which opens with a call to refuse orders that are not delivered by a Romanian. The message also urges people to stop encouraging imports of unskilled workers from Asia and Africa and claims that the West is sinking under an Islamist wave. The indictment attributes the following words to the deputy:
“Refuse the order if it is not delivered by a Romanian. Do not encourage the import of unskilled workers from Asia and Africa any more.”
HotNews reported that the post is no longer available online. ProTV noted that the messages provoked numerous reactions and comments on the network. Ziare.com reported that the case was opened after the controversy over the message, and that Tanasă was heard at the Prosecutor General's Office in July 2026.
The prosecutor who handled the case completed the investigation and forwarded the indictment to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, the court competent to hear the case on the merits. The communiqué also addressed parliamentary immunity. According to prosecutors, immunity covers political opinions and votes cast while exercising the mandate, while deputies and senators can be prosecuted for acts unrelated to those votes or opinions. Ziare.com added that sending the case to trial marks the end of the criminal investigation and is not a finding of guilt, so the defendant keeps the presumption of innocence until a final ruling.
The key dates in the file run from the publication of the post to the announcement of the referral. The message was posted on 19 August 2025, according to the indictment. Tanasă was heard by prosecutors in July 2026, a month that the Ziare.com report gives without a specific day. The case was sent to trial and announced on 22 October 2026.
The High Court of Cassation and Justice will now examine the case on the merits. None of the articles give a hearing date or indicate when a ruling might come. The deputy remains free while the case is pending before that court.
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Prosecutors at the High Court of Cassation and Justice sent AUR deputy Dan Tanasă to trial without custody over a 19 August 2025 Facebook post aimed at foreign workers from Asia and Africa.
AI text based on reports by Digi24, Stirile ProTV, G4Media.ro and other publishers. Published .