Following an official invitation from the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Moldova to observe the local elections of November 5, the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) has accredited four Core Team members and four Long-Term Observers as part of its International Election Observation Mission (IEOM). This was stated in a news conference hosted by IPN.

The aim of ENEMO’s IEOM is to improve the transparency of the election process and also assess its integrity and compatibility with international obligations of Moldova and standards for democratic elections as well as domestic legislative framework.

“The Mission will also pay special attention to the fulfillment of previous recommendations of ENEMO and also other international and domestic stakeholders. The key aspects that we will be monitoring, assessing and reporting on are overall political and electoral environment, respect for the right to elect and to stand for elections, conduct of election management bodies, freedom to campaign, gender equality, voting and counting processes in a very limited number of polling stations, electoral dispute resolutions and other crucial aspects of the process,” said the Head of Mission Dritan Taulla.

As always, ENEMO is open to cooperate with all domestic and international stakeholders whose core values match those of the Network: respect for human rights and the strengthening of democratic processes and the rule of law. Besides direct observation, the Mission members will be meeting with election management bodies, with representatives of state authorities, with political parties and candidates, civil society, media as well as with the international community. All these meetings will be conducted in order to receive a more comprehensive picture about the electoral process.

“Our findings will be made available to the public through one interim report which will be issued approximately one week before election day, two statements of preliminary findings and conclusions which will be published and presented through a press conference right after the relevant election days, on November 6 and November 20, and the final report, complete with recommendations, will be issued approximately two months after elections,” stated the Head of Mission.

ENEMO’s IEOM for the 2023 Local Elections in Moldova is financially supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Soros Foundation Moldova. The content of the document is the sole responsibility of ENEMO and does not necessarily represent the position of the donors.