The Supreme Court of Justice rejected the appeal filed by Călin Georgescu in the presidential election annulment file. The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ÎCCJ) resumed today the debates in the case of the appeal filed by Călin Georgescu in the presidential election annulment case. The appeal made to the supreme court comes after the Court of Appeal rejected the request made by the independent candidate in the Romanian Presidential elections.
Călin Georgescu announced on Thursday, after almost six hours of deliberations at the ÎCCJ, that the supreme court remains in deliberation and “probably tomorrow (Friday, January 17, editor’s note) we will know the result”.
“Nobody wants to be in the shoes of the president of the court today, honestly, I tell you. I mean, there is undeniable evidence of fraud and illegality and unconstitutionality, and on the other hand, there is no evidence, as you all know and the entire Romanian people know and in fact we are on all sides at this moment, the decision was not only abusive and the fact that it is proven that they had no evidence, including former president Klaus Iohannis or citizen Klaus Iohannis, as I should say now, at his last public intervention in Brussels, in front of journalists, he said that there is no evidence,” declared Călin Georgescu on Thursday, upon leaving the supreme court.
The trial at the ÎCCJ is scheduled for the Administrative Litigation Section. In this case, Călin Georgescu and the Coalition for the Defense of the Rule of Law sued several institutions of the Romanian state: the Central Electoral Bureau and several institutions (Ministry of Defense, Defense Staff, Government, General Prosecutor’s Office, Constitutional Court, Romanian Intelligence Service), but also President Klaus Iohannis and Elena Lasconi (USR). Georgescu is requesting the annulment of two decisions of the BEC ordering the resumption of the presidential elections from scratch, based on the decision of the Constitutional Court. On December 31, 2024, the Bucharest Court of Appeal rejected the action filed by Călin Georgescu, but he appealed to the ÎCCJ.
AUR: We keep on protesting
“The votes of over nine million Romanians were thrown away,” the AUR party accuses in a press release sent after Călin Georgescu definitively lost the case at the High Court demanding the annulment of the decision that established that the elections must be restarted from scratch.
“I cannot stop the voice of the people! We continue the protests for democracy! AUR President, George Simion, will be present today, starting at 8:00 p.m., in Victoriei Square, where he will protest for fair elections and for the vacancy of the position of president, illegitimately held by Klaus Iohannis, the author of the coup d’état in full swing,” the AUR press release states.