Romania's top court has rejected as baseless an appeal to annul the results of the country's presidential election filed by a far-right candidate who suffered a significant defeat at the hands of his pro-European rival.
Following deliberations on Thursday, Romania's Constitutional Court unanimously rejected the request for annulment, which was filed on Tuesday by George Simion.
Mr Simion claimed that the outcome of the vote was influenced by foreign interference and concerted manipulation.
The 38-year-old head of the far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians conceded defeat on Sunday to Nicusor Danu, the mayor of Bucharest, who won 53.6 percent of the vote, a difference of more than 829,000 votes.
After the ruling was announced, Mr Simion wrote in a Facebook post that the court had “continued the coup”.
“We have no choice but to fight!” he said in his message. “I call on you to support me today and in the coming weeks!”
Sunday's tense election came months after the same court invalidated a previous vote in which far-right outsider Calin Georgescu led in the first round, following allegations of electoral irregularities and Russian interference, which Moscow denies.
In his request to annul the vote, Mr Simion claimed he had “irrefutable evidence” that France, Moldova and “other parties” had interfered with the voting process, but provided no evidence.
He also claimed that “dead people” participated in the voting.
The court explained that its decision was final.
Sourse: breakingnews.ie
