Electoral Administration of Romania:
The Permanent Electoral Administration of Romania does not yet know under what conditions to organize the second round of the presidential elections, which is due to take place on December 8, since the country’s Constitutional Court decided to recount the votes in the first round.
Deadline set on Moscow time:
“The deadline has been set – until 22:00 local time (23:00 Moscow time) on December 1,” Chairman of the Board Toni Grebla said on Romanian radio. “Technically, we can organize a second round of elections, but at the moment we do not know which ones.” ballots should be printed because the verification of the first round has not been completed.”
“Perhaps after the recount we will see what the result will be. If, based on the results of the recount, the Constitutional Court decides that the fraud was so great that it will affect the change in the composition of the competitors (in the second round), then an order may follow to invalidate the first round. But I repeat “This is only possible if there is clear evidence,” he said.
According to Romanian radio:
According to Romanian radio, the decision to demand a recount of all votes cast in the first round was criticized by representatives of most of the country’s political parties. All of them indicate that a possible cancellation of the results of the first round could create instability in the country.
Constitutional Court of Romania:
On November 28, the Constitutional Court of Romania sent a request to the National Electoral Bureau for a recount of votes in the first round of the presidential elections, which unexpectedly won independent right-wing candidate Calin Georgescu. The Constitutional Court explained the request by the desire to exclude suspicions of fraud.
Also on November 28, it became known that the Permanent Electoral Directorate of Romania sent requests to the prosecutor’s office and the country’s tax administration to check Georgescu for violations.
According to the department, in particular, Georgescu has questions about why he did not disclose information about income and expenses during the election campaign. “This situation requires a detailed investigation, since it contradicts the usual course of election campaigns,” commented Greble.
Office of Romania published information:
The Permanent Electoral Office of Romania published information on the expenses of candidates participating in the first round of elections, but did not publish any data on Georgescu.
In addition, in relation to Georgescu, such violations were revealed as the dissemination of election campaigning without indicating that it contains information for the elections, and we are also talking about possible illegal payments to people who shape public opinion.
Georgescu campaigned mainly on social networks, where his videos received hundreds of millions of views. The campaign also recruited influential bloggers to copy and disseminate his messages.
By 24Webs.com
