The Central Electoral Bureau has taken the decision to stop voting in polling stations abroad

The Central Electoral Bureau decided at its meeting on Friday evening to apply the ruling of the Constitutional Court on the annulment of the entire electoral process regarding the election of the President of Romania.

The President of the Permanent Electoral Authority, Toni Grebla, said that voting operations and the preparation of polling stations abroad would cease immediately, as well as the preparation of polling stations in the country.

Following the decision of the Constitutional Court, the electoral operations in polling stations abroad have stopped and the computer application made available to the Central Electoral Bureau has ceased to function. A procedure for handing over the materials was also established. In the country, the delivery of materials to the polling stations was suspended. Electoral operations in polling stations will no longer be carried out.

According to the CEB's decision, all electoral materials held by polling stations' electoral offices abroad will be sealed and handed over to diplomatic missions and consular offices.

Also on Friday, the CEB finalized the minutes, receiving the nationwide distribution of senator and deputy mandates, our editor Petruta Obrejan reports.

Translated by: Radu Matei