“A part of the electorate continues to believe in old conspiracy theories or developed new ones,” Magdin said.
But the man who brought the court case, Cristian Terheș, a member of the European Parliament, who ran for president and received about 1 percent of the vote, sees no conspiracy at play.
Whatever the result of the vote recount, “it’s a win-win for democracy,” he said. If the recount confirms the results of the first round, it shows that the election was fair. If it doesn’t, it corrects the results, he said.
“Unfortunately, in Romania, every time you do something, they wonder not if it is legitimate, but who made you do it and who it is useful for,” Terheș said.
“Well, firstly, it is useful for democracy,” he concluded.
National pride
Yet, suspicions persist. Many center on Georgescu’s campaign, which he pitched as an appeal to help the country rediscover its national pride among other EU and NATO members and not swallow directives from the West.
