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Romania’s top court rejects Simion’s election challenge
Romania’s Constitutional Court has rejected the defeated ultranationalist candidate’s request to annul the presidential vote as a result of foreign interference.
Despite conceding the defeat on Sunday night, George Simion later filed his challenge in a bid to overturn the result which saw him lose to liberal Bucharest mayor Nicuşor Dan.
“Just as Călin Georgescu was removed and the elections were annulled [last year], we will challenge the election of Nicușor Dan for exactly the same reasons,” George Simion, an EU-critical, Trump-admiring former soccer ultra, said in a statement to local media.
He repeatedly alleged electoral fraud without providing evidence.
But the court has now unanimously rejected the request, saying in a brief statement that the challenge was unfounded.