The far -right candidate George Simion requests the cancellation of the presidential election – Liberation
He denounces « External interference »especially from France. Beaten in the second round of the Romanian presidential election on Sunday, the nationalist candidate George Simion refuses to throw in the towel despite the victory of Europhile Nicusor Dan. After the counting of 90 % of the bulletins, the centrist candidate reached more than 54 % of the vote, against 46 % for the leader of the nationalist party Aur who nevertheless claimed victory.
Simion announced on Tuesday, May 20 Tuesday, May 20, its intention to appeal to obtain the cancellation of the election. « I officially ask the Constitutional Court to cancel the election », wrote this Tuesday on the social network x the one who was however the Pottoler favorite. « For the same reasons » who had caused the cancellation of the November ballot: « EXTERIES INGERENCES« , He added, in a message accompanied by the flags of France and Moldova.
If he had initially proclaimed president of Romania, Simion then conceded his defeat in view of the net gap with his opponent. This 38 -year -old sovereignist, admirer of Donald Trump, said on Tuesday « Do not want to cause a bloodbath » By contesting the elections the same evening, which could have pushed his supporters To take to the streets. But he says he has « Immersion (…) of an orchestrated attempt « aimed at influencing the results of the elections.
Monday, he is the founder of the Telegram messaging Pavel Durov who accused France of having sought interfere the election in Romania. “A government in Western Europe (guess which one ) contacted Telegram to ask us to silence the conservative voices in Romania before the presidential elections today. I categorically refused « first wrote Pavel Dourov, with an emoticon in the shape of a baguette to help his subscribers to find the solution of his riddle.
In a response sent to AFP on Monday, the Directorate General for External Security (DGSE) said « Refute with vigor the allegations according to which requests for banning accounts, in connection with any electoral process, would have been made on these occasions ».
Sunday, the Romanian authorities nevertheless denounced a « Viral campaign of false information« Via social networks for »influence the electoral process« And bearing »Once again the marks of a Russian interference».
