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BUCHAREST, Romania -- The hard-right nationalist who mislaid Romania’s statesmanlike predetermination rerun said Tuesday helium has asked a apical tribunal to annul the predetermination results, alleging that overseas interference and coordinated manipulation affected Sunday's vote.
George Simion, the 38-year-old leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians had conceded decision aft losing successful the runoff to Nicusor Dan, the Bucharest politician who obtained 53.6% of the vote, a borderline of much than 829,000 votes.
Simion said successful a connection helium has filed a petition to Romania’s Constitutional Court to annul the vote, claiming helium had “irrefutable evidence” that France, Moldova and “other actors” meddled successful the ballot, but did not contiguous immoderate evidence. He besides alleged that “deceased people” had participated successful the vote.
He alleged “an orchestrated effort to manipulate institutions, nonstop media narratives and yet enforce a effect that does not bespeak the sovereign volition of the Romanian people.”
Sunday’s ballot was held months aft a apical tribunal voided the erstwhile predetermination successful which the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu led the archetypal round, pursuing allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference, which Moscow has denied.
Simion capitalized connected the furor implicit the annulment of that predetermination and, aft coming 4th successful past year’s canceled race, allied with Georgescu, who was banned successful March from running successful the predetermination redo. In the first-round ballot connected May 4 successful the rerun, Simion won a landslide in a tract of 11 candidates to participate the runoff.
During the campaign, Simion portrayed his question arsenic championing blimpish values similar patriotism, sovereignty and the family, and styled himself arsenic the Romanian analogue to U.S. President Donald Trump.
He said Tuesday helium volition inquire the tribunal to cancel the May rerun connected the aforesaid grounds arsenic the court’s determination past year.
Hours aft voting opened connected Friday for Romanians abroad, Simion accused the Moldovan authorities of predetermination fraud, which some Moldovan and Romanian authorities rejected.
In remark to The Associated Press connected Sunday, helium reiterated claims that radical were being illegally transported to voting stations successful Moldova, allegedly affecting 80,000 votes.
He besides said that “we don’t person indications that dormant radical voted. If we volition person these indications, we’ll person a property conference."
Simion besides referenced a connection sent Sunday by Telegram laminitis and CEO Pavel Durov to Romanian users of his platform, which alleged “a Western European government,” accompanied by a baguette emoji, asked his level “to soundlessness blimpish voices” from Romania up of the predetermination rerun.
“I’m acceptable to travel and attest if it helps Romanian democracy," Durov said Tuesday successful a station connected X.
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