What remedies are available in the first instance?
Romania
Art. 32 […] (4) The contestation and the appeal shall be made to thecompetent court, under the sanction of nullity.
(5) The contestationsregarding the acceptance or rejection of the candidatures shall be settledwithin 48 hours of the registration, by the tribunal under the jurisdiction ofwhich the constituency falls. The contestations against the candidatures forthe constituency for the Romanians with the domicile outside Romania shall besettled by the Tribunal of Bucharest. The sentence shall be visibly posted atthe seat of the court having pronounced it.
(6) They may appeal thesentence pronounced for the contestation within 24 hours of the pronouncement,to the hierarchically superior court [Court of Appeals] The appeal shall besettled within 24 hours of the registration.
(7) The sentence pronouncedin the appeal shall be final and irrevocable.
LAWNo. 35* of13 March 2008 for the electionto the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate and for the amendment
and completionof Law No. 67/2004 for the election of local public administrationauthorities,
of Law No. 215/2001 on the local public administration, and of LawNo. 393/2004
on the Statute of local electees, Publishedin OJ No. 196 of 13 March 2008
