Romania's top court orders the new counting of the presidential election

Romania's top court orders the new counting of the presidential election

Bucharest, Romania - The Supreme Court of Romania ordered a counting of the votes for the First round of the presidential election . This decision could endanger the credibility of the state institutions, especially two other elections that are already pending.

judicial decision to count out the vote

The court said in a message that it "unanimously ordered the review and new counting of the ballot papers for the presidential election on November 24". After the first surveys that Calin Georgescu, an independent politician of the extreme right, had classified his surprising victory before the election in the single -digit percentage range, as such an unexpected result in a Member State of the European Union and NATO was possible.

political turbulence in Romania

The decision contributes to the unrest in the Romanian election process, which will carry out three crucial elections in the coming weeks. These elections are crucial for the future political orientation of a country that is traditionally hired and was a permanent ally of Ukraine.

Georgescu praised politicians from the Romanian fascists of the 1930s as national heroes and martyrs. In addition, he criticized NATO and the Romanian attitude towards Ukraine and demanded that the country should dialogue with Russia instead of challenging it.

The upcoming elections

In the runoff election on December 8, Georgescu will compete against the centrist candidate Elena Lasconi. The parliamentary elections are also scheduled for Sunday. A total of 9.46 million votes were submitted in the election.

background to call to the voice

The decision for a new count was made after the conservative presidential candidate Cristian Terhes, who received only 1 % of the votes on Sunday, contested the election result. Terhes demands that the court cancel the election results. The court suspended a decision for November 29 and at the same time asked for a new count.

Influence of young voters and social media

The head of the state's electoral authority, Toni Grebla, said that after the official application was received, it would take days to count the votes again. Social Democratic Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu took third place on Sunday, only 2,740 votes behind the second -placed Lasconi.

Georgescu was able to win many votes from young voters and Romanians abroad, whereby his campaign strongly on the Video-Sharing-platform Tiktok based. On Wednesday, a high -ranking civil servant of the Romanian telecommunications regulator expressed the desire to temporarily suspend Tiktok until the role of the platform is examined in the elections.

security concerns and legal challenges

TIKTOK rejected these concerns and emphasized that most candidates on their platform and other social media had promoted themselves. The country's top security committee meets on Thursday to discuss potential national security risks that end up with state and non -state actors in the cyber area.

In October, the constitutional court decided that a politician of the extreme right should be excluded from the presidential election. This decision was criticized by analysts, human rights groups and some parties as an exceedance of the court powers.