Romania's Constitutional Court has annulled the presidential election, thereby overturning the result of the first round held two weeks ago.
This means the process will start from scratch, with the government having to decide on a date for a new vote.
The results of this first round saw Calin Georgescu, an almost unknown far-right NATO skeptic who has previously praised Vladimir Putin, win the most votes.
The court said it made the decision “to ensure the accuracy and legality of the electoral process.”
Constitutional Court judges said they had received requests to overturn the result, citing intelligence documents declassified this week detailing allegations of Russian influence on social media.
The court's judges met Friday morning, although they had announced the night before that they would not discuss new information regarding possible outside influence on the election before the runoff vote.
The law stipulates that in the event of cancellation of elections, they must resume on the second Sunday after the date of cancellation, i.e. December 22.
However, the court decided to ask the government to resume the entire electoral process, and therefore the electoral campaign.
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