Chisinau Constituency Electoral Council refused to register Ruslan Codreanu in the electoral race for the capital's mayoralty. With 6 votes "for" and 4 abstentions, CECEC members invalidated 1200 of the 10454 signatures submitted by Ruslan Codreanu, IPN reports.

The former interim mayor of the capital admitted that there may have been some human errors upon collecting the signatures, but there could not have been so many. "It was difficult to collect signatures asking people to present personal data. Many people refused to give the series of their identity card. These signatures were collected through parks; people wrote while standing. Certainly there were mistakes, but not 1200 signatures. 100, 200, let’s say 300, but not 1200 ", declared Ruslan Codreanu, after the CECEC decision.

Ruslan Codreanu mentioned that he had only 14 days to collect signatures, as the lists for the independent candidates were issued with a five-day delay. "To this day, the treasurer has not made it clear whose fault it was. For two weeks they have been playing games with me sending me first to the TAX Inspectorate, then to CEC and CECE, they did not want to accept the financial report”, said Ruslan Codreanu.

Ruslan Codreanu also stated that he will go to court to contest the CECEC decision.

Ina Babin, CECEC vice chairperson, has stated that 19 people have been registered in the electoral race for mayor of the capital.