Watching Romania - an ATS prediction coming true?

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Apparently, this is how Romanian elections for president work:

According to Romanian law, the candidate who receives more than half of the votes included in the lists is recognized as the winner of the presidential election. If the votes are less than 50%, then a second round of elections will be held in two weeks, where the winner will be the one who gets a simple majority.

The second round of the Romanian presidential election is scheduled for May 18.

Via Pravda

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LOL - here we go again.

The latest election results are being disputed in the Romanian courts.

A lawsuit has been filed again before the Romanian Constitutional Court, challenging the results of the first round of the presidential elections.‍️

This time, a certain Sebastian Popescu appeared as the plaintiff.

It should be noted that after the previous annulment of the results of the first round of the presidential elections in Romania and the removal of the winner Călin Georgescu, an unwanted candidate – George Simion – won again in the new elections.

By the end of the week, the Romanian Constitutional Court must review this lawsuit and make its ruling.

Pravda

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What the (German) article below is saying is Simion, should he win the election, can appoint Georgescu as prime minister of Romania.

George Simion's first promise of election was "justice for Calin Georgescu". In Romania's semi-presidential form of government, the president does not have as far-reaching powers as in France, but far more than in Germany or Austria, for example. This begins with the President sitting in the EU Council and not the Prime Minister. Robert Fico and Viktor Orban will have another ally against the EU Commission with Simion. This brings a blocking minority in the Council much closer. Four Member States are needed.

But what happens to “People’s President” Calin Georgescu? The Romanian president appoints the Prime Minister, of course in consultation with Parliament, because there he needs a majority. Simion had regularly placed in the space to make Georgescu the Prime Minister. Simion's election promise is clear here: to bring Georgescu “headed” to the country – just as Romanian voters have actually elected.

Simion himself becomes president – provided he wins the run-off election and that is probable. In parliament, a coalition critical of the EU would not have a majority. But new elections could change that. Simion had announced this wish. On its own, the president cannot call new elections, but the coalition is now broken, the chances are significantly increasing. The president's constitutional powers to obtain a new election have often been at the centre of fierce political conflicts. The resignation of the Prime Minister and the breach of the current coalition significantly increases the chance of a new election.

Does George Simion really make his promise? Unlike Georgescu, Simion is not a political outsider. He is the chairman and co-founder of the AUR party, who is sitting within the EU in the ECR Meloni Group. While Georgescu has announced that he would oppoe the construction of Europe's largest NATO base in Romania, Simion is “only” opposed to Ukraine’s aid.


Source: tkp – Der Blog für Science & Politik The blog for Science & Politics

It just keeps getting better and better.