Almost all the electoral competitors involved in the November 1 presidential elections benefitted from donations from private individuals who didn’t declare incomes or declared incomes lower than the made donations to the State Tax Service. In the case of an electoral contender, the list of donors includes pensioners and unemployed persons. The reports on the incomes and costs of electoral contenders were examined by the Central Election Commission, IPN reports.

In the November 7 meeting of the Commission, CEC member Andrei Volentir said that after examining the financial reports, it was determined that all the electoral contenders, except for Dorin Chirtoacă, benefitted from donations made by private individuals with incomes earned inside and outside the country and their size is within the limits set by law. However, the CEC asked for information about the incomes declared by donors during the last three years from the State Tax Service.

“Some of the donors (private individuals) of electoral contenders Renato Usatyi, Andrei Năstase, Tudor Deliu, Igor Dodon, Violeta Ivanov, Maia Sandu and Octavian Țîcu during the last three years, 2017-2019, didn’t have incomes (no source of income declared to the Service) or declared incomes lower than the donated sum,” stated Andrei Volentir.

He noted that electoral contender Violeta Ivanov in the presented reports indicated donations made by 168 pensioners and unemployed persons, to the total value of 870,000 lei. Relevant information was asked from the National House of Social Insurance, but the received data haven’t been yet processed. The issued will be thus raised again at the next financial reporting stage.

In accordance with the calendar program, if the runoff vote is held the electoral contenders present the election campaign funding reports on November 6. The next reports will be presented by the election runners on November 13.