A protest organized by the parliamentary party "Alliance for the Unification of Romanians" (AOR) against the government's intention to expand the scope of the green certificate for COVID-19 has grown into riots, the Agerpress news agency reported.
During the discussion of the draft normative act on Tuesday at a sitting of the Chamber of Deputies (lower house of parliament), the ARD deputies categorically opposed the bill on a mandatory COVID certificate for going to work. They called it unconstitutional and said the passage of the bill would lead to chaos, as many government officials have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and therefore do not have it.
At the same time, about 1,500 AOP supporters staged a protest against the green certificate near parliament. At one point, a group of protesters broke through the building's fence, breaking the fence. About a hundred protesters entered the courtyard of parliament. The gendarmes did not allow them to enter the building, but protesters flooded the cars of American and Japanese diplomats in the yard. The demonstrators then went to the government headquarters, where they also protested against the green certificate.
Bucharest Gendarmerie spokesman Catalin Stegeroi said "the demonstration was peaceful and the situation was under control" and assured that protesters and organizers who had violated the law would be identified and punished.
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