Tens of thousands of Romanians protest against annulled presidential race

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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.

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