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Constitutional Court validates presidential elections, Klaus Iohannis is Romania's President

Constitutional Court validates presidential elections, Klaus Iohannis is Romania's President
21 Noi 2014   •   12:54

The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) on Friday unanimously confirmed the results of the recent presidential elections and validated the election of Klaus Iohannis as Romania's President, CCR president Augustin Zegrean announced.
 

"We checked the documents we received from the Central Electoral Bureau. Our examination resulted in no findings that could have changed the elections outcome. The results of the elections were confirmed and Mr. Klaus Iohannis was validated as president of Romania. The decision is to be handed over to the president-elect of Romania in a meeting at midday," Zegrean said.

He pointed out he has invited the two presidents, incumbent President of Romania Traian Basescu and president-elect Klaus Iohannis to attend this meeting, as well as former judges with the CCR.

Zegrean mentioned he did not invite Prime Minister Victor Ponta, but only the incumbent president of Romania, Agerpres writes.

"Of course it's a special moment. Not often in life one gets the chance to check files on the election of the president of Romania. Not just for me [it's a special moment], but for all my colleagues who have worked on these files," the CCR head said.

Christian Liberal Alliance's candidate Klaus Iohannis got 54.43 percent (6,288,769 votes) in the second round of the presidential elections on Sunday, while Victor Ponta, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party — National Union for Romania's Progress — Conservative Party alliance polled 45.56 percent (5,264,383 votes), according to the final report on the election results the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) published on its website.

The total number of the voters who went to the polls was 11,719,344 (64.10 percent), of which 10,042,721 were registered with the permanent voter rolls, 1,569,668 with additional lists and 106,955 have cast their vote in the mobile ballot box.
Out of the ballots cast, 1.41 percent were void, namely 166,111.

According to the final results released by BEC, the total number of Romanian citizens from abroad who went to the polls was 379,116. 

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