Georgescu criticized the Constitutional Court's ruling on Romania's elections

The decision of the Constitutional Court of Romania to annul the results of the first round of elections is an undermining of democracy and an "official coup d'état". Independent presidential candidate Calin Georgescu said this in an interview with Realitatea TV channel on December 6.

"Today's decision of the Constitutional Court is more than just a legal dispute. It is practically an official coup d'état," Georgescu said.

He also noted the loss of independence of Romania's judiciary and its subordination to political orders. Georgescu added that the results of the first round are fair.

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Earlier in the day it was reported that the Constitutional Court (CC) of Romania annulled the results of the first round of the presidential election. It was specified that the final decision was made after the court session held on this day. In the near future, the government should approve new dates for the voting.

At the same time, political scientist, associate professor of the Department of Foreign Regional Studies and Foreign Policy of the Russian State University Vadym Trukhachev told Izvestiya that the victory of independent candidate Calin Georgescu in the first round of the presidential election in Romania was displeasing to the West because he would not help Ukraine to the detriment of his country.

After that, the chairman of the opposition Moldovan Victory bloc Ilan Shor said that democracy in Romania was dead after the annulment of the results of the first round of the election.

The first round of the Romanian presidential election was held on November 24. According to official data, independent candidate Calin Georgescu was leading with 22.94% of the vote. The leader of the opposition party "Union for the Salvation of Romania" Elena Lasconi has 19.17% of votes. The second round was to be held on December 8, as none of the candidates could get more than 50%.

On November 28, the Constitutional Court of Romania demanded from the Central Election Commission (CEC) to recalculate the results of the first round. On November 29, the head of the Romanian CEC Tony Grebla said that if the Constitutional Court annuls the results of the first round, it could be held again on December 15. In this case, the second round of elections will have to be held on December 29, which causes a lot of inconvenience, he said.

On December 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin ridiculed the recount of votes in the Romanian elections. According to him, the authorities decided to take such a step only because they did not like the candidate who won the first round.