Politician on brink of becoming Romanian president attacks 'corrupted regime'

The favourite to win Romania's controversial presidential election has launched an extraordinary series of attacks in an exclusive interview with Sky News, less than a day after the election was cancelled. Calin Georgescu, the populist politician who rose from obscurity to the brink of victory, said he had been the victim of a "coup d'etat" that had exposed "the corrupted regime" of his nation. He said the court that had cancelled the election, pointing to the impact of an alleged Russian interference campaign, was "a dictatorship" designed to protect "the oligarch system that wants to protect what it has stolen". Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/calin-georgescu-politician-who-was-on-brink-of-becoming-romanian-president-attacks-corrupted-regime-13268718 #romania #calingeorgescu #politics SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales