That is the thing I do not get: the basis for disqualifiying the first round is there for the second round. Second round would be as valid (or invalid) as the first round. Which makes this looks like a soft coup.

It should be noted that Romanian Constitutional Court has a long tradition for yielding to political influence. Read and weep [0]

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