Toni Grebla, at DNA, Photo: Agerpres
The President of the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP), Toni Greblă, stated that, so far, the order of candidates in the first round of the presidential elections has not changed, since there are still votes for be counted by two or three counts. , reports Euronews.
“There are still 2-3 counts to be counted. Not all the votes will be counted in the diaspora. No change in the order of the candidates has been noticed,” said Toni Greblă.
He stated that the decision regarding the resumption or not of the first round will not be postponed, even if not all the votes of the diaspora will arrive in time.
All votes from the diaspora will arrive in Romania from December 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) announced on Friday, which predicted that the delivery of votes to the country had already begun.
The announcement comes in the context where the results of the account must be completed from Sunday 1 December at 10 pm, according to a decision of the BEC, and the CCR will meet on Monday 2 December at 5 pm. to take the decision in the case of the request for annulment of the first round of the presidential elections, presented by Cristian Terheș.
Thus, it is possible that the decision of the CCR will be taken without recording the result of the recount from the polling stations located in more distant countries, which could not be brought to the country in time.
The appeal of MEP Cristian Terheș against the validation of the election results entered the discussion of the CCR on Thursday, November 28, but the constitutional judges postponed their decision and requested the verification and recount of all ballots – an unprecedented decision in Romania.
The USR claims that the difference between Lasconi and Ciolacu has increased
Before the day USR and transmission that its president, Elena Lasconi, has a greater distance from the candidate of the PSD, Marcel Ciolacu, after counting 80% of the voting places.
“From our information, which we have from our representatives in the BEJ, we see that so far about 80% of the districts have been counted, and the gap between Elena Lasconi and Ciolacu has grown after this count of more than 1700 votes. These figures show that “all the doubts that have been planted about the victory of Elena Lasconi have been shown to be unfounded”, said the mayor of Timisoara, Dominic Fritz, in a press conference organized by the USR, on Saturday afternoon.
Later, the USR sent a press release in which it reiterates the statement of Dominic Fritz according to which “the difference between Lasconi and Ciolacu has increased by more than 1700 votes” and in which it asks the Central Electoral Office to publish the partial results of the recount, in the accounts where it has finished counting.
“The decisions of CCR and BEC to count 9 million votes have thrown Romania into chaos. Millions of Romanians are wondering if their vote still counts and if the democratic mechanisms still work. What we have seen in the last days does not it has nothing to do with respect for the citizen. The lack of transparency of the recount process is dangerous and unacceptable,” said Dominic Fritz, quoted in the statement sent by USR.
“Until now, about 80% of the polling stations have been counted and the difference between Elena Lasconi and Marcel Ciolacu has increased by 1,700 votes in favor of the USR candidate. In Arad, Caraș Severin, Buzău, Covasna, Ialomița, Călărași, Dâmbovița, Sector 1 or 5, the recontest process is already finished.
We have many examples of precincts where the PSD candidate Marcel Ciolacu received hundreds of votes from other competitors: Scornicești, Olt county, Slatina municipality – Suceava county, Coroiești municipality – Vaslui county”, says USR, in the press release.
In the first round of the presidential election, Elena Lasconi was 2nd, with 2,740 votes ahead of Marcel Ciolacu. Călin Georgescu ranked first, with more than 2.1 million votes.
