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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

‘Legal chaos’ as Romanian court rules against annulment of presidential vote

Traffic passes a billboard showing posters of presidential candidates
A billboard in Bucharest displays posters for presidential candidates. The replacement far-right candidate, George Simion, is leading the polls. Photograph: Robert Ghement/EPA

Piling confusion on controversy, a Romanian district appeals court has ruled barely a week before the rerun of the country’s presidential election that the constitutional court’s decision cancelling the original vote should itself be annulled.

Romania’s central electoral bureau said on Thursday night that the ruling by the Ploiești city appeals court would not affect the two-round ballot, due to be held on 4 and 18 May, and legal experts have said constitutional court decisions are final.

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