The Constitutional Court last month scrapped the November 24 ballot results which handed a first-round victory to 62-year-old Calin Georgescu after allegations that Russia was trying to sway the vote in the EU and NATO member nation bordering Ukraine.
Protesters on Friday rallied outside the parliament building, which also houses the Constitutional Court, carrying Romanian flags and chanting “We voted, you stole from us” and “Give us back the second round”.
On Friday, his lawyers made a formal request to the court to revise its decision. He is also contesting the annulment in the European Court of Human Rights.
“We have been living in a dictatorship since December 6,“ Simion told reporters. “We are here to defend democracy.”
AUR is planning another protest against the annulment on Sunday in Bucharest.
Pro-European parties struck a deal late last year to form a government without the far right.
The government is expected to approve the calendar, which includes a second round on May 18, next week.
Romania has been in crisis since the court cancelled the presidential elections after intelligence documents declassified by the president’s office listed “aggressive Russian hybrid actions”, including cyberattacks, and massive promotion of Georgescu on social media in the run-up to the vote.
Georgescu, a past admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has denied any links to Moscow.
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