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Presidential elections in Romania, the first round of elections is cancelled
The Romanian court annuls the first round of the presidential elections. The decision comes days after declassified intelligence alleged that Russia mounted a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right foreigner who won the first round. "The entire election process related to the election of the president of Romania is cancelled. The government will set a new date for the elections, as well as a new calendar program for carrying out the necessary actions," the Romanian Constitutional Court said in a statement. The Constitutional Court's ruling, which is final, came on Friday after President Klaus Iohannis declassified intelligence two days ago alleging that Russia ran a vast campaign involving thousands of social media accounts to promote Calin Georgescu across platforms such as TikTok and Telegram. , forwarded by TCh, transmitted by KosovaPress. Despite being a major outsider who declared zero campaign spending, Georgescu emerged as the frontrunner on November 24. He would face reformist Elena Lasconi, of the Save Romania Union party, in a runoff on Sunday.
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