The Venice Commission, a consultative body of the Council of Europe, published a report on Monday on the annulment of the presidential election in Romania by the Constitutional Court, in which it states, among other things, that the annulment of any election should only be allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Given that courts - including constitutional courts - are characterized by the fact that they only react, not set the agenda, the Venice Commission believes that the power of constitutional courts to invalidate elections ex officio should be limited to exceptional and clear circumstances, in order to maintain voters' confidence in the legitimacy of the election process.
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