Run-off election in Romania: both candid • Table.Briefings

Calin Georgescu, center, an independent candidate for president who won the first round of presidential elections, makes his way, surrounded by media, to a closed voting station after Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections, in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. — Despite the canceled election in Romania, Călin Georgescu went to his polling station on Sunday.

Following the annulled run-off in the presidential election in Romania, the Constitutional Court has yet to give its reasons. The decision has been criticized from various sides.

If a constitutional court annuls a democratic election, it should have unquestionable reasons for doing so. It remains to be seen whether the Romanian Constitutional Court had such grounds when it annulled the first round of the presidential election on November 24, 2024, last Friday and canceled the run-off election scheduled for December 8, 2024.

Run-off election in Romania: both candidates criticize annulment

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