Scandal in the presidential elections of Romania — all ballots of the first round will be counted
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Thu, 28 Nov 2024 21:11:00 +0200
In Romania, the results of the first round of presidential elections will be annulledThis was reported by the press service of the court.It is about more than 9 million ballots.
The decision was made after the complaint of the failed presidential candidate Christian Terges, who accused the Election Center of falsifications regarding the votes of candidate Elena Lasconi.At the same time, the court rejected the complaint filed by the candidate Sebastian Popescu regarding the fraud committed by the candidate Celin Georgescu.
A new session of the Constitutional Court will be held on November 29 at 1400 to decide on the request to annul the first round of the presidential elections, submitted by the candidate of the National Conservative Party of Romania, Christian Terges.
All decisions of the Constitutional Court are final.According to Romanian laws, in the event of annulment of the election result by the Constitutional Court, a repeat vote will be held on the second Sunday after the date of annulment.The head of the Permanent Electoral Body, Tony Greble, said live on Digi 24 that a recount can be carried out if there is strong evidence.
He emphasized that there are more than 9 million ballots currently in the archives of the district courts to be recounted, and the recount cannot be done in a few hours or days.Presidential elections in Romania what is knowPresidential elections were held in Romania on November 24.
13 candidates applied for the post of state leader.
The current president, Klaus Iohannis, has been in office for two terms, so he could not participate in the elections.
Farright politician Celin Georgescu and liberal proEuropean candidate Elena Lasconi advanced to the second round of the presidential elections, ahead of incumbent Prime Minister Marcel olaka by 0.03 percent, which is about 2,700 votes.
According to the results of counting 100 of the voters votes, Georgescu received 22.94 of the votes in the first round.
Lasconi has 19.18Two of the candidates who were eliminated in the first round contested the results of the elections in the Supreme Court of Romania.
They demand the annulment of the voting results on the grounds that Georgescu allegedly did not report the sources of funding for his election campaign.To win immediately in the first round, it was necessary to get more than 50 of the votes.
Since no candidate won the majority of votes in the first round, the second round will be scheduled for December 8.
The President of Romania is the head of state and commanderinchief of the countrys armed forces.
He is elected for 5 years and has significant powers in matters of national security and foreign policy.
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