The composition of the electoral debates that will take place on the platform of IPN News Agency with the participation of candidates for the office of President of the Republic of Moldova was agreed. It was decided as a result of a live draw held on Wednesday at IPN. The draw was monitored by national electoral observers, accredited by the Central Election Commission on behalf of the public associations Promo-LEX, ADEPT and “Ador Oraşul Meu”, IPN reports.

IPN News Agency will hold three electoral debates on October 8-10, starting at 10:00 a.m., in the Agency’s Hall. The debates will involve by 9 candidates out of 11 registered by the Central Election Commission. Two candidates did not respond to the invitation to participate in the debates.



Independent candidates Victoria Furtună, Natalia Morari and Irina Vlah will open the round of electoral debates on October 8.

The list of participants in the October 9 debate includes two independent candidates – Andrei Năstase and Tudor Ulyanovski – and the candidate nominated by the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova Alexandr Stoianoglo.

Vasile Tarlev, nominated by the Party for the Future of Moldova, Ion Chicu, nominated by the Party for Development and Consolidation of Moldova, and Octavian Țîcu, the candidate of the electoral bloc “Together”, will take part in the last debate on October 10.

Representatives of Maia Sandu’s electoral staff told IPN that “the President’s agenda does not allow her to participate for now”, while representatives of Renato Usatyi’s electoral staff said: “We are sorry, but we arranged meetings with citizens in districts.”

The draw was monitored and partially carried out practically in front of the camera and audience by Polina Panainte, secretary of the Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections, a national electoral observer on behalf of the Association for Participatory Democracy ADEPT; Nicolae Panfil, head of the Observation Mission of Promo-LEX Association, and Alexandr Stucalov, a national observer on behalf of the Public Association “Ador Orașul Meu” (“I Love My City”).

The draw was attended by representatives of the candidates (in the order of arrival in the IPN Hall) Irina Vlah, Natalia Morari, Andrei Năstase, Alexandr Stoianoglo, and Vasile Tarlev.

Shortly after the results were announced, candidate Irina Vlah informed IPN’s administration that she regrets, but she will not be able to participate in the debate. She said that she does not have enough time because of the events that she already scheduled.