Romania’s President is missing – this is what an Opposition deputy in Romania complained about when he went to the police station to file a missing person case. This could be the best political marketing stunt in years, and the Opposition Party AUR did it. The party is seen as a nationalist, far-right and extremist, isolated in Romania’s political scene for this labelling. However, their actions make all the political marketing experts take notes.
Romania’s President has been missing since December 18, the last day he was publicly seen. Thirty days later, AUR deputy Adrian Axinia went to a police station in Bucharest and filed a formal complaint for the missing person. The case was related to prime-time news by all major TV stations in Romania and all the major news platforms.
Also, the other major Opposition party, the so-called Reformists, USR, posted on Facebook a visual asking for any information about the missing President Johannis.
These complaints are pure political marketing, not else. Romania has four elections in 2024, and the campaigns have just started. However, Johannis is a fake target, as he is in his second presidential term. The real target is the Liberal Political Party – PNL, the now ruling party, and the Socialists. PNL is the party initially supporting Johannis for the presidential elections and his ten-year presidential mandate.
The Opposition exploits citizens’ complaints about their president, among which his notorious missing from office to take long and exotic vacations is only one of them.
