Romania was plunged into turmoil after Călin Georgescu, a far-right populist, won, only for allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference to emerge.
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00:00Thousands of supporters of the right-wing Alliance for the Unity of Romanians attended
00:07demonstrations in Bucharest on Sunday, calling for new presidential elections after the recent
00:12vote was annulled.
00:14The party's leader, George Simeon, organized the march, calling on his supporters to protest
00:19against the decision.
00:21Kalin Georgescu, a right-wing populist, came first in the first round of the presidential
00:26race.
00:27But allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference led to the unprecedented
00:32move by the Constitutional Court to cancel the second round and annul the race.
00:38It came as Romania's outgoing president, Claus Ioannis, tasked the incumbent Prime Minister
00:43Marcel Ciolacu with leading a new pro-European coalition government.
00:48He said he will stay in office until his successor is appointed and has called on Romanians to
00:53respect the court's ruling.