Controversial Romanian presidential candidate calls rejection of election result a “coup” | News in brief

The pro-Russian candidate who won the first round of the Romanian presidential election Călin Georgescu said on Friday that the country’s Constitutional Court’s decision to reject the election result was a “coup”.

Georgescu commented on the matter in a press release for the Romanian news channel Realitatea TV.

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Source: Reuters

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