The mission of observers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) considers that the early legislative elections in Moldova were conduced in full compliance with the electoral legislation and in conditions of political pluralism. The mission says that the July 29 elections were democratic as the people could freely exercise their right to vote, Info-Prim Neo reports. The mission’s head Serghei Lebedev told a news conference on Thursday that 66 CIS observers have been in Moldova since July 14. They visited practically all the polling places and discussed with the members of the electoral offices and of the Central Election Commission and with representatives of the election runners. The observers ascertained that the elections were held in a democratic manner, Lebedev said, adding that the diminution of the election threshold and of the voter turnout was welcome. According to him, the representatives of the political parties that ran in elections attentively monitored the electoral process and the rigging of votes “was practically impossible” Lebedev considers yet that the last stage of the electoral campaign was aggressive as some of the party leaders made hostile statements in the press. He said that though a lot of work was done after April 5 to improve the electoral rolls so as to exclude the dead persons and those registered in the dwellings of other people, the lists were inaccurate. Lebedev also said that the election outcome is beneficial to Moldova’s democratic future, adding that it is good that the party leaders voted for peace, welfare, prosperity and a better life. The CIS observation mission was composed of 66 observers from eight countries, including Russia, Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.