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No, I'm taking a step back and saying that if the law provides for nullifying the election, it's a bad law. It's an even worse law if no due process is involved (i.e. "nothing has been proven against this candidate in court as of yet, but we're going to go ahead and nullify the election because he benefited from foreign interference, as far as we can tell based on what our intelligence services are telling us").

For what it's worth, it sounds like the runner-up candidate agrees:

> Lasconi condemned the court's ruling as "illegal" and "immoral", saying "today is the moment when the Romanian state has trampled on democracy".

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>No, I'm taking a step back and saying that if the law provides for nullifying the election, it's a bad law. It's an even worse law if no due process is involved (i.e. "nothing has been proven against this candidate in court as of yet, but we're going to go ahead and nullify the election because he benefited from foreign interference, as far as we can tell based on what our intelligence services are telling us").

Sorry, this is the constitution, it does not allow for years of appeals and dragging your feat. Are you really believing that the guy used zero funds and you need a court and 3 appeals to prove to you that he used more then ZERO funds ?

I'm not familiar with the Romanian constitution, but due process is fundamental to the US constitution:

> No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.

The US constitution does not just "allow" for years of appeals, it guarantees your right to defend yourself through that process.

>The US constitution does not just "allow" for years of appeals, it guarantees your right to defend yourself through that process.

Don't worry, the pro Ruzzian traitor will have his appeals and lawyers to defend him from fraud and the other accusations, the elections were cancelled and will be repeated so we do not let Ruzzia influence them.

What does the US constitution say if it is discovered that there is credible evidence for :

1 a foreign power was involved in election and it affected the results (illegal in Romania)

2 the candidate that commuted fraud by not declaring the money he used (this is illegal in Romania)

3 the guy was unknown for the media and public before election so nobody checked him, now that Tic Tok made him popular it was also discovered a lot of bullshit he done, one of them is glorifying Iron Guard a fascist party in Romania's past (it is illegal to do that here)

In USA you let Ruzzia to chose your president because you are only 99% sure? Then won't the president pardon himself? Create some civil war?

As I said the constitutional Court decided to repeat the election, they did not decided to jail the guy, or execute him, or even block him to run in Ruzzia.

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