The Ilfov court on Friday rejected an appeal filed by Gigi Bekali in the case in which the owner of the FCSB club is accused of vote-rigging, so the trial can begin on the merits. It took prosecutors four years to bring the case to trial. According to the Criminal Code, the statute of limitations for the crime committed by Gigi Bekali is five years and expires in October 2023.

In March, the judge of the previous chamber of the Buftea court recognized the indictment and evidence collected by prosecutors against Bekali as valid, writes Agerpres. Gigi Bekali appealed this decision, but his claim was dismissed on Friday by the Ilfov court. The Bufta Court will set a deadline for the start of consideration of the merits of the case.

Bekali has a good chance of getting rid of the charges by stating the facts

It took four years for the Bufti District Court Prosecutor’s Office to complete the investigation in this case, and the materials were sent to the court in January 2023. According to Art. 387 paragraph 1 letter a of the Criminal Code, the crime of voter falsification is an act of a person who votes without such a right, and is punishable by imprisonment for a period of 6 months to 3 years or a fine with the prohibition of exercising certain rights.

Bekali has a good chance of getting rid of the charges by stating the facts. According to the Criminal Code, the statute of limitations for the crime committed by Gigi Bekali is five years and expires in October 2023.

He was paroled in April 2015 from Poarte Alba prison after serving a third of the 3 years and 6 months in prison he received in three cases. We are talking about Valiza’s case, regarding the exchange of land with MApN and the case about the capture of thieves who stole his car. After his conditional release from prison, Bekal was subject to several restrictions, including the right to elect and be elected to public office and the right to vote.

In October 2018, he came to vote in the “Family Referendum”, where Romanians were called to say whether they agree with the change in the definition of family in the Constitution, respectively, whether the wording “marriage between spouses” should be changed to “marriage between a man and a woman under free consent”.

“Even if it’s 40 degrees outside, I go to vote. And I go to the referendum on all fours. This is the biggest promotion in Romania in recent years. This is more important than all wars. The future of the nation, children and grandchildren depends on it. If there is no referendum and it is not clearly stated that a family consists of a man and a woman, it will be difficult. They attack us gently, gently. Not now, but in 20-30 years. There will be education, and in the textbooks it will be written “how good it is to be a homosexual.” We have to save the country,” Gigi Bekali said in October 2018.