The 62-year-old Georgescu will lodge his appeal to Romania’s Constitutional Court in the capital Bucharest, a day after the Central Election Bureau rejected his candidacy, accordingly to close political ally George Simion. The court will have 48 hours to make a decision.

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian authorities have barred far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from taking part in May's rerun of a cancel led presidential election, prompting him on Monday to say he would challenge the decision at the Constitutional Court.

Chaos broke out in Romania’s capital as supporters of the far-right populist Calin Georgescu protested the electoral body’s decision to reject his candidacy in a presidential election redo