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Last month he apologised in a televised address to the nation for a string of controversies surrounding his wife that included allegedly accepting a luxury Dior handbag and stock manipulation.

He has also been mired in several corruption scandals - including one involving the First Lady accepting a Dior bag, and another around stock manipulation.

It expressed particular concern about reports of vote buying and manipulation, voter intimidation and harassment of observers.

Romania’s Telecoms regulator Ancom has called for TikTok to be suspended pending an investigation by prosecutors into suspicions of manipulation of the electoral process.

She added the group had faced "mistreatment, not just towards us but also including our staff", and said the group experienced "deliberate miscommunications and manipulation in multiple areas".