President Iohannis, who hails from another center-right party, received evidence from the secret intelligence services indicating that both state and nonstate actors had interfered in the election, and named Russia as responsible for a series of aggressive hybrid attacks. The United States upheld findings of Russian involvement.
Acting on the intelligence, Iohannis declassified secret files that alleged Georgescu had unlawfully benefited from extensive electoral promotion during periods when campaigning was prohibited. The documents alleged his campaign had received foreign financial support, despite the fact he declared he’d spent nothing on it.
The Constitutional Court was inundated by a surge of requests to annul the election in light of the declassified intelligence reports. On Friday afternoon, the court agreed.
The information “that this campaign was illegally supported from outside Romania” brought Iohannis to the conclusion that “We are dealing with a matter of national security,” the president said in a televised address Friday evening.
Inside Romania, this election was seen as a battle between East and West. In a country where memories of brutal Communist dictatorship are still vivid, the choice for many voters felt existential.
The pro-EU Lasconi enjoyed support from the centrist traditional parties, while Georgescu was backed by three far-right groups, two of which have recently entered parliament.
https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-politics-election-calin-georgescu-elena-lasconi-what-the-hell-is-going-on/
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