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Romanian far-right candidate barred from May presidential vote (www.reuters.com)

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[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Democracy is when people elect someone and a court (totally not controlled by the imperialism) decides they voted wrong and ban the candidate from running again

[–] Guttural@jlai.lu -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's not what happened though. If you want to be protected by electoral rules, you have to abide by them. You can't have your cake and eat it too.

[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

What happened then?