Andrei Donică, of the Professionals’ Movement “Speranța-Nadejda”, wasn’t admitted to the competition for the mayoralty of Chisinau. A decision to his effect was taken by the Chisinau District Electoral Council.

Contacted by IPN for details, the Council’s head Viorica Gadymba said that Andrei Donică was registered as a candidate for mayor of Condrița village and the Chisinau District Electoral Council therefore refused to register him. The Electoral Code provides that a person can run for mayor and for local councilor in one electoral constituency and cannot run for these posts in a number of electoral constituencies of the same level.

The Chisinau District Electoral Council’s decision can be challenged. If it is upheld, the preliminary order on the ballot will be modified.

Before the given decision was adopted, Andrei Donică stated on Facebook Live that pressure is being exerted on members of the Council for these not to register him. According to him, the law bans him from running concomitantly in Chisinau and Balti, not in Chisinau and Condrița simultaneously. He noted he will struggle to be registered as an election runner in Chisinau even if he was also registered as a candidate for mayor of Condrița village, which forms part of the municipality of Chisinau.

So far, the Chisinau District Electoral Council registered 20 candidates for mayor of Chisinau:

1.Vasile Costiuc of the Party “Democracy at Home”;
2. Ruslan Codreanu of the Electoral Bloc “Ruslan Codreanu”;
3. Constantin Butucel of the Party “We Build Europe at Home”;
4. Ion Ștefăniță of the “Respect Moldova” Movement;
5. Diana Caraman of the Party of Communists;
6. Lilian Carp of the Party of Action and Solidarity;
7. Anatol Usatyi of the Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova;
8. Vadim Brînzaniuc of the European Social Democrat Party;
9. Ion Bulgac of the Coalition for Unity and Wellbeing;
10. Adrian Albu of the Party of Socialists;
11. Mihail Poleanschi of the Civic Congress;
12. Victor Chironda of the Party “Dignity and Truth Platform”;
13. Oleg Burlacu of the Liberal Democratic Party;
14. Vasile Bolea of the Revival Party;
15. Roman Mihăeș of the National Liberal Party;
16. Ion Ceban of the National Alternative Movement;
17. Dragoș Galbur of the National Moldovan Party;
18. Alla Popova of Moldova’s Patriots Party;
19. Anatolie Prohnitski of the Ecologist Green Party.
20. Cristina Vulpe of the Chance Party.

The Council is still examining the files of Ion Purice, of the Liberal Party (22), Tatiana Gorea, who intends to run as an independent (23), Ruslan Popa, of the New Historic Option Party (24), Ștefan Urîtu, of the People’s Will Party (25), Andrei Munteanu, of the Political Party NOI (26), Arina Spătaru, of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (27), Ștefan Gligor, of the Party of Change (28), and Tatiana Platon, of the Alternative and Moldova Salvation Force (29).