The Election Observation Mission (EOM) of the European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO) will also follow the runoff elections, scheduled for 13 November 2016. The announcement was made in a news conference at IPN by the chiefs of the mission, who presented a statement of preliminary findings and conclusions. The mission’s aim is to contribute toward improved integrity and transparency of the electoral process for the President of the Republic of Moldova.

The mission monitored the pre-election period and voting on Election Day. The ENEMO observers will also oversee the runoff elections and the post-election period, including the process of filing and examining complaints. All the findings and conclusions will be included in a final report that will be published within 60 days from Election Day.

Head of Mission Peter Novotny said the elections were monitored by a core team of six experts and ten teams of short-term observers. These followed the opening, voting, counting and closing procedures. The runoff elections will most probably be monitored by the same composition of the mission.

According to the preliminary findings of the ENEMO Mission, the polling on 30 October 2016 was conducted orderly and in a transparent manner, generally in compliance with the international standards. Procedural irregularities observed, in limited scope or of isolated instances, did not have negative impact on the election process, as they resulted from lack of clear instructions, or negligent attitude of the members of the precinct electoral bureaus.

The Election Observation Mission of ENEMO for the Presidential Elections 2016 to Moldova is financially supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, within the Accountability Fund Program; and the Black Sea Trust, a Project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.