Allegations of vote rigging in Bucharest’s first district, outgoing PSD mayor Firea possible calling for a recount for all of Bucharest and PNL leader and PM Orban calling for a cordon sanitaire of the PSD in local and regional councils — the post-election phase is possibly even more exciting than the elections themselves. Yesterday a record number of Romanians tested positive for corona. The Head of the Department for Emergency Situations, Raed Arafat, expects us to stay home for Christmas. All this and more in this week’s Romanian Dispatch.

Romanian Dispatch #9 (September 26-October 2, 2020)