I officially ask the Constitutional Court to annul the presidential election in Romania – George Simion wrote in social media, who lost on Sunday in the second round with Nicusor Dan. It points to the same reasons why the December elections have been annulled.
Key facts:
- On Sunday, repeated presidential election in Romania took place, in which Nicusor Dan won, defeating George Simiona.
- Simion asked the constitutional court to annul the elections, indicating foreign interference.
- The Kremlin recognized the Romanian election as “strange”.
“I officially ask the Constitutional Court to annul the presidential election in Romania. For the same reasons for which December elections were annulled: external interference from state and non -state entities” – wrote George Simion in social media, which points out that “this time” is to be “supported by evidence”.
Simion pointed to France And he noted that no country “has the right to interfere in the election of another state.”
“To all Romanians: Please ask the constitutional court to annul this farce. We will not give up or reveal! This is just the beginning of a great victory!” he appealed.
Nicusor Dan President of Romania
In Sunday repeated presidential elections in Romania The pro -European mayor of Bukarrest Nicusor Dan won, beating the right -wing radical George Simiona.
Immediately after the announcement Exit Poll results Simions did not confess to failure. He declared, referring to his estimates, that he has 400,000 votes more than Dan. Ultimately, Simion recognized the loss and congratulated Dan. “Nicusor Dan won the election, that was the will of the Romanian nation,” said Simion in the video placed on Facebook.
“Strange” elections according to the Kremlin
The Kremlin described the presidential election in Romania on Monday as “strange”, assessing that the pro -Russian candidate who won the annulled voting last year was unfairly disqualified. “The elections were at least strange,” said the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pieskow. – We know the story of a candidate who had the best chance of winning. Without bothering to find any justification, he was simply removed from the race by force – he added.
Russia Earlier, she denied any role in the Georgescu campaign and accused the Romanian authorities of excluding him for political reasons.
In addition, the founder of Telegram Pavel Durov, born in Russia, who has double citizenship: French and the United Arab Emirates, said that the French intelligence services pressed him to suppress the voices supporting George Simion, who committed to end military assistance for Ukraine.
Source: Reuters
The French foreign intelligence has denied the allegations made by Durów, which is currently forbidden to leave France, where an investigation into suspected abuse of a telegram for organized crime is underway.
Repeated elections in Romania
Romania citizens voted on Sunday in the second round of repeated presidential elections. Voting took place after the Constitutional Court annulled the first round of the presidential election of November 24, 2024 in December last year.
The reason for this decision was allegations against Calina Georgescu for abuse in the campaign and breaking the rules of fair election competition, as well as support from the “external actor”. According to the Court, this previously unknown public opinion was to conduct his election campaign with the likely support of Russia. Georgescu won the first round at the time.
Author/author: KKOP/FT
Source: Reuters, tvn24.pl
Source of the main photo: PAP/EPA/ROBERT GHEment