Sarah Rainsford – BBC Eastern Europe correspondent
Lasconi condemned the court’s ruling as “illegal” and “immoral”, saying “today is the moment when the Romanian state has trampled on democracy”.
“Whether we like it or not, from a legal and legitimate point of view, nine million Romanian citizens, both in the country and in the diaspora, have expressed their preference for a certain candidate. We cannot ignore their will!” she said.
She had been hoping to win the second round run-off on Sunday, which has now been cancelled.
This week, Georgescu denied to the BBC that he was Moscow’s man.
He claimed the political establishment could not cope with his success and was trying to block him.
The country is now in totally new territory, politically. And no-one is quite sure what comes next.