Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Symbol caption The motorist stated he was allowed to enter Romania unhindered (document picture: Romanian border crossing)
Romanian traffic police are investigating a forty five-year-vintage guy who they are saying illegally drove a automotive with licence plates that includes an obscene insult to the governing party.
Razvan Stefanescu used to be riding his Swedish-registered automobile while he used to be stopped by police on Monday morning.
They confiscated his number plates and driving licence.
The plates bore a slogan steadily used by anti-government protesters to criticise the Social Democratic Birthday Celebration (PSD).
A video showing the visitors cops taking the plates off quickly went viral, with more than 1.5m views on Facebook. The video has been shared greater than 21,000 instances.
The case has gained national consideration in the earlier week, with a few Romanian media reporting that the auto used to be best accepted to be pushed in Sweden.
Police described the case as “remarkable” and invoking an international convention, which says registration plates “shall be composed either of numerals or of numerals and letters”.
Mr Stefanescu’s plates had best letters.
However, the Swedish embassy in Romania published on Facebook announcing Mr Stefanescu’s personalised registration was once issued through the Swedish Delivery Company and legitimate for travelling within the Eu Union.
The embassy later clarified that some nations can refuse to simply accept certain registrations, during which the car owners will need to have the original plates to switch them.
This weekend some Romanian media sites said that Swedish personalized car license plates are not allowed to be used…
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Talking To the media, Mr Stefanescu stated: “It Is abuse. They permit me move the border and enter Romania without telling me that i was doing one thing illegal.
“So whilst I entered Romania i was prison, and then i was no longer? It Is absurd. If I had a message about Santa Claus, they would not have an issue with me.”
He claimed he had been stopped four occasions on account that returning to Romania two weeks ago.
Romania has seen a wave of protests this yr accusing the PSD, which got here to energy in December 2016, of looking to hamper the combat against corruption.
