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Austrian Chancellor Thanks Court for 'Objective' Decision on May Elections

© AFP 2023 / GEORG HOCHMUTH / APAView on the podium with the President of the Constitutional Court of Austria Gerhart Holzinger (C-R) and vice president Brigitte Bierlein (C-L) prior to the first public hearing to deal with the action of annulment of the result of Austrian Presidential election run-off, on June 20, 2016 in Vienna. (File)
View on the podium with the President of the Constitutional Court of Austria Gerhart Holzinger (C-R) and vice president Brigitte Bierlein (C-L) prior to the first public hearing to deal with the action of annulment of the result of Austrian Presidential election run-off, on June 20, 2016 in Vienna. (File) - Sputnik International
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Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern on Friday thanked the country's Constitutional Court for "objective and transparent" decision to annul results of the May presidential elections.

Austrian President Heinz Fischer (R) welcomes President-elect Alexander Van der Bellen in his office in Vienna, Austria, May 24, 2016. - Sputnik International
Austrian Constitutional Court Rules May 22 Presidential Elections Rerun
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, the Constitutional Court ruled that the country should stage a rerun of the second round of the presidential election following a complaint by the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPO) about "irregularities and failures" during the vote counting.

"I would like to thank the judges of the Constitutional Court. They have made a fast, objective and transparent decision," Kern told reporters.

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