Supporters of Calin Georgescu protest outside the detention center in Bucharest

CHISINAU, October 4 - RIA Novosti. About a thousand people gathered on Saturday evening at the Bucharest central detention center in support of ex-presidential candidate Calin Georgescu, Mediafax reports.

On September 21, the Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Terrorism of Romania (DIICOT) announced the arrest of Georgescu on suspicion of creating a criminal group and large-scale fraud. He was placed under judicial control, and on September 24, a Bucharest court placed Georgescu under arrest for 30 days. The politician's supporters set up tents in front of the central detention center to support him.

"On Saturday, the fifth day of demonstrations, about 1,000 protesters gathered in front of the Central Detention Center in Bucharest on Saturday evening. The demonstration in support of Georgescu was relatively peaceful, but gendarmes fined dozens of people," the agency said in a publication.

Georgescu's supporters chanted slogans: "Sincere wish: free Romania" or "Calin Georgescu is president."

Georgescu was previously detained at his home in the suburb of Mogosoai. Former presidential candidate and businessman Ionel Rusen is accused of fraud amounting to 1.1 million euros.