Romanian prosecutor's office reports searches in voter-bribery case

The Romanian Prosecutor General's Office is conducting searches in cases of vote-buying, computer fraud and money laundering. This was reported on December 7 on the website of the agency.

"Prosecutors from the Criminal Investigations Department of the Prosecutor's Office at the High Court of Cassation and employees of the IGPR (Directorate for Investigation of Economic Crimes and Directorate for Combating Organized Crime) are conducting three searches of houses in the city of Brasov this morning," the Romanian Prosecutor's Office said.

The Romanian Prosecutor General's Office also indicated the purpose of the searches - the alleged involvement of a person in the illegal financing of the election campaign of the country's presidential candidate through money laundering.

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On the eve, December 6, 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 following the court session held on that day. In the near future, the government should approve new dates for the voting.

The first round of the presidential election in Romania was held on November 24. According to official data, independent candidate Calin Georgescu is leading with 22.94% of votes. The leader of the opposition party "Union for the Salvation of Romania" Elena Lasconi has 19.17% of the 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 such a case, the second round of the election would have to be held on December 29, which causes a lot of inconvenience, he said.