In yet another sad blow to the will of the people, Romania’s High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) has ruled to overturn a courageous decision by a local judge that sought to reinstate the annulled 2024 presidential election—an election originally won by the conservative, anti-globalist candidate Călin Georgescu.
The nation’s top court sided, unsurprisingly, with the entrenched political establishment, affirming that the Court of Appeal in Ploiești (CAP), Prahova County, had “no jurisdiction” over decisions made by the Constitutional Court (CCR). The ruling is final: a full election re-run will proceed on May 4, with a second ballot on May 18.
This comes after a stunning but short-lived victory for democracy on April 24, when the Ploiești Court of Appeal, responding to a petition by private citizen Gheorghiţa Popescu, issued a provisional, enforceable ruling to annul the CCR’s December 6 decision.
Judge Alexandru Vasile, standing against the tide, justified his ruling by accusing the CCR of “abusively” interpreting the law and acting ex officio—without a formal complaint, a direct violation of judicial neutrality.
Judge Vasile cited the Venice Commission Report, a key European legal opinion, which cautions that, “the power of constitutional courts to invalidate elections ex officio, if any, should be limited to exceptional and clearly regulated circumstances, in order to preserve voters’ confidence in their legitimacy.” He also noted that the CCR’s December decision had come well after all legal deadlines to contest the election had expired, and, even worse, after Romanians abroad had already begun voting.
As it did following the first round presidential election, the establishment wasted no time in crushing this popular uprising. The High Court’s ruling emphasized procedural technicalities rather than the substance of Vasile’s arguments, brushing aside concerns about voters’ faith in the electoral system. Romania’s Superior Council of Magistracy has even opened an investigation into Judge Vasile, threatening disciplinary action for daring to question the regime.
Meanwhile, the regime media parrots the official line, emphasizing that intelligence documents declassified by Romanian security services accuse Georgescu of receiving so-called “illegal financing” and claimed that the Russian Federation carried out ‘hybrid actions’ during the election—vague accusations without concrete evidence, typical of the globalist playbook to discredit nationalist movements across Europe.
Călin Georgescu, a nationalist who won the most votes in the November 24 election, was barred from running again after the Constitutional Court’s political intervention. Following the CCR’s dubious ruling, over 130 lawsuits were filed across Romania between April 8 and 17 challenging the decision. Though courts systematically dismissed most cases, the grassroots surge led by Georgescu’s supporters, and organized on TikTok by retired judge Lacramioara Axinte, reflects a growing popular fury at the regime’s betrayal of democratic norms.
Despite nearly 150 legal challenges, the Romanian deep state clings to its narrative. The puppet government is pressing ahead with its plans for a controlled re-election, having already scheduled the repeat votes for May 4th, 2025.
The lesson is clear: whenever nationalist movements surge through the ballot box, the globalist establishment will do whatever it takes—no matter how legally dubious or politically toxic—to maintain its iron grip on power.
