Vienna, June 8 (AFP) – Austrian far-right (FPO), defeated in the presidential May 22, brought an action to challenge the results before the Constitutional Court, today announced the highest court of the country.
“Action brought against the presidential election by Heinz-Christian Strache,” the FPO leader, wrote in a message on the social network Twitter spokesman of the Constitutional Court, the final day of the term to challenge the result scrutiny.
the FPO Norbert Hofer candidate got 49.7% of votes, losing by 30,863 votes against the ecologist Alexander Van der Bellen (50.3%), according to official results released to June 1.
on appeal, the FPO said there are numerous errors and irregularities in the counting of postal votes counted May 23 and decisive in the victory of Van der Bellen.
the postal votes, which represented 16.7 of the votes cast in the second round, is traditionally unfavorable to the extreme right in Austria.
the Austrian Constitutional Court shall render a decision before July 8, the date of inauguration of the new President in accordance with the law.
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