Romanian nationalist George Simion who lost the presidential election announced Tuesday that he will contest the election, alleging foreign inference.
Centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan won the second round of the presidential vote which was rerun after the original election in November was cancelled over concerns about Russian interference.
“We will contest the election at the Constitutional Court for the same reasons they annulled the elections in December,” Simion said in a post on Tuesday, two days after conceding defeat to Dan who won 53.6% of the vote.
“I’m doing it, brother (contesting the elections). I am not a woman nor a traitor.”
Without offering evidence, Simion claimed 100 million euros was spent in Moldova to buy votes, and claimed that “dead people” voted in Sunday’s second round.
He also accused the French government of asking Telegram to censor conservative voices, and called for a hearing with Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messaging app, before the elections are validated.
“Neither France nor Moldova nor anyone else has the right to interfere in the elections of another state,” he wrote in a post.
Simion said he did not expect Romania’s top court to annul the elections after his complaint, and appealed to Romanians to lodge complaints too.
