Romanian top court annuls presidential election result

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Romanian top court annuls presidential election result

Romania’s top court has annulled the result of the first round of the country’s presidential election, adding that the entire election process would have to be re-run.

The second round had been due to be held on Sunday and voting is already underway in polling stations abroad.

Having polled in single digits before the first presidential election round on November 24, Calin Georgescu – who wants to end Romanian military support for Ukraine against Russia’s invasion – surged to a victory that raised questions over how such a surprise had been possible in a European Union and NATO member state.

Documents declassified by Romania’s top security council on Wednesday said the country was a target of “aggressive hybrid Russian attacks” during the election *******.

“The electoral process to elect Romania’s president will be fully re-run, and the government will set a new date and … calendar for the necessary steps,” the court said in a statement.

The second round of the presidential contest that had been due to take place on Sunday would have pitted nationalist independent Georgescu against pro-EU conservative leader Elena Lasconi.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Friday the court’s annuling of the results was “the only correct decision” after declassified documents showed Russian interference.

But Lasconi strongly condemned the decision.

She said the vote should have kept going, respecting the will of Romanian people.

Populist conservative parties also performed well in last Sunday’s parliamentary election in Romania, although the ruling Social Democrats emerged as the largest grouping and hope to cobble together a pro-EU coalition government.

The court has not called into question the integrity of the parliamentary vote.

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