When the radical left can’t win via democratic vote, they abuse the legal system to jail their opponents.
This is their standard playbook throughout the world.
Marine Le Pen in France, Bolsonaro in Brazil, Imran Khan in Pakistan, Matteo Salvini in Italy, Donald Trump in America, Calin Georgescu in Romania
The criminal prosecution of every populist challenger is a dagger in the heart of the credibility of democracy.