Romania’s constitutional court has ordered a recount of all first-round votes to rule out the suspicion of fraud in the presidential election, where a little-known far-right candidate won. The court also scheduled a meeting to decide on annulling the first-round result, after allegations of fraud over votes awarded to the centre-right candidate Elena Lasconi.
Romania’s constitutional court has ordered a recount of all first-round votes to rule out a suspicion of fraud in the country’s presidential election, which was won in a major upset by a little-known far-right candidate.
That complaint also called for the court to annul the first-round result, something it will decide on at a meeting on Friday. The central election bureau was due to meet later on Thursday to discuss the court’s ruling, but its president, Toni Greblă, told Romanian media that once the official request had been received it could take days to recount the roughly 9.5m votes.
It will also add to the turmoil surrounding the first round of voting, which Georgescu, who was polling at about 5% days before the vote, won comfortably after a campaign heavily based on viralPavel Popescu said the call was based on evidence of “manipulation of the electoral process”. Romania’s national defence council is also analysing potential national security risks from “cyber state and non-state entities” in the electoral process.
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