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That would have been a good argument sometime while the campaign was still in progress. Once the votes were cast, any court would recognize this is a fait accom
by tsimionescu 2y ago
That would have been a good argument sometime while the campaign was still in progress. Once the votes were cast, any court would recognize this is a fait accompli. It's crazy to annull elections (a procedure which no law whatsoever, nor the Constitution, even mentions, it was invented wholesale by the CCR during their meeting today) based on campaign finance violations, even ones involving outside interference.
What would have happened if the interference were discovered only next year? Would you have been ok with annuling the elections after the new president was already in office? This is no different whatsoever, after the first round was finished.
I hated and feared CG as much as anyone, but this court decision is obviously crazy and undemocratic (as pointed out by the other candidate in the second round as well).
- throw_pm23 2y agoThe supposed campaign on tiktok ran days before the election. It is remarkable for state organs to be able to act within a week or so. Annulling the election in this situation seems the right thing to do. A similar cancellation of results happened in Austria in 2016. A year later it indeed would have been too late.
- tsimionescu 2y agoNo, the supposed campaign started one month before the elections. It ramped up maybe in the last few days before the election. But you don't convince 2 million people to vote for a crazed maniac like CG in two days of manipulation.