The new Parliament must make some changes to the electoral legislation in order to prevent the involvement of foreign agencies in the electoral campaign. The suggestions were made by the chairman of the Constitutional Court, Alexandru Tanase, and the head of the Central Electoral Commission, Iurie Ciocan, during the Fabrika TV show on Publika TV, IPN reports.
The two officials agreed that besides foreign financing, the law must forbid the use of images of foreign politicians in the electoral campaign. They are also in favor of banning foreign mass-media that broadcast propaganda in favor of an electoral runner. “The citizen must be allowed to decide himself for whom to vote, who to elect. He mustn't be manipulated with images of some foreign presidents by foreign TV channels. Now, some of those who voted for singers or photos will be disappointed”, said Alexandru Tanase.
Asked about the Constitutional Court's decision to validate the results of the parliamentary elections despite numerous complaints, Alexandru Tanase gave assurances that the CC examined all of them and while some did prove true, they weren't important enough to influence the result of elections. “Some complaints were found to be truthful, but others were ungrounded. For example, a party complained that they got few votes because they weren't allowed to install an electoral tent in Balti. Of course we rejected such an argument. There were accusations about electoral fraud, but nobody could come forth with any evidence”, explained Tanase.
The head of the Constitutional Court expressed his unhappiness at the protests of some political forces outside the Court premises while the judges were examining the ballot results. “This protest was nothing but an attempt to put pressure on and intimidate the Constitutional Court. The protesters picketed the CC before the latter even reached a decision. I think that such actions must be forbidden by law”, said the magistrate.
CEC chairman Iurie Ciocan dismissed the accusations that a large number of votes were rigged. “At each polling place there was a commission, observers on the part of participating parties, civil society and international organization. During these elections, we had a record number of observers: 9400. Moreover, the public association “Promo-LEX” had a parallel vote count and their results are identical to ours”, stated Iurie Ciocan.
