Pushkov called Georgescu's victory in Romania's election inevitable
The victory of Romanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu is inevitable if his opponents use "emergency measures". This was reported on February 2 by Alexei Pushkov, head of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy.
"Georgescu's new victory looks inevitable unless his enemies invoke emergency measures. But even massive election fraud with such a huge gap may not work," Pushkov said in a message on his Telegram channel.
According to him, Brussels will use all possible ways to prevent Georgescu from winning a second time.
Earlier, on January 21, Reuters reported that Georgescu was again leading in polls among the country's citizens ahead of the May presidential election. The poll was conducted by sociological service Avangarde. According to the results, Georgescu received 38% of the votes from the respondents. Thus, he is still the favorite among the residents of Romania.
Before that, on January 16, the Romanian government approved the holding of presidential elections on May 4.
The first round of presidential elections in Romania was held on November 24, 2024. According to official data, independent candidate Calin Georgescu was in the lead with 22.94% of votes. Elena Lasconi, leader of the opposition Romania Salvation Union party, had 19.17% of the vote. George Simion came fourth with 14.17% of the vote. A second round was to be held on December 8, as no candidate was able to garner more than 50%.
On November 28, Romania's Constitutional Court (CC) demanded that the Central Election Commission (CEC) recalculate the results of the first round. On December 6, the CC annulled the results of the first round of the presidential election.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 2 mocked 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.
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