Georgescu's election win under review by Romania's Constitutional Court

The far-right, Moscow-friendly candidate rose dramatically in the polls to lead the first round of presidential elections, which now risk annulment.

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00:00Two candidates that were eliminated in the first round of Romanian presidential elections

00:04filed requests to the country's constitutional court to annul the results on the grounds

00:08of irregularities, breach of voting rules and unlawful campaigning.

00:13The requests come after a far-right candidate, Kalin Georgescu, took a surprise lead in the

00:18election and now going to the second round to become the president.

00:22Mostly campaigning on social media platforms like TikTok, Georgescu became suddenly popular

00:26and a subject of concern because of his anti-EU and anti-NATO messages.

00:31Meanwhile, protests against the result of the first round continue on the third evening.

00:36Two thousand opponents of Georgescu gathered in Victoria Square, while his supporters came

00:41together at the University Square.

00:43People also took to the streets in different locations.

00:56The constitutional court will be evaluating both requests on Thursday and investigate

01:18the claims.