Standing outside a closed polling station on Sunday, Georgescu claimed the Consitutional Court was "cancelling democracy" by anulling the first round of the presidential vote.
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00:00Romania's far-right presidential candidate, Călin Georgescu, stood outside a closed polling
00:09station on Sunday, in protest of the second round of the country's presidential election
00:14being cancelled.
00:16The country's top court made an unprecedented decision to annul the first round of the vote,
00:21following intelligence alleging Russian interference on social media to promote the so-called TikTok
00:27messiah.
00:36George Simeon, leader of the far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, echoed Georgescu
00:42in denouncing the election's cancellation.
00:45After topping the polls in the first round, Georgescu was set to face the liberal candidate
00:50Elena Lascone on Sunday.
00:52New dates will be set to rerun the presidential vote from scratch.
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