No, the cvorum thing was added at the unofficial request of Merkel. We NEVER had a cvorum requirement for elections before, it was added this year for the 1st time ever because whoever pulled the strings KNEW the romanian people aren't that interested in politics as to show up to vote, so pushing this thing will surely cause the president to remain in power. It was all a setup conducted by the president's servants and with the support of the EU leaders who more or less, told us to leave the president alone or else.