The representatives of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and of the European Parliament the next day after elections said the early legislative elections were held in a transparent way, Info-Prim Neo reports. “These elections showed the people’s will and were a positive step towards democratically developing Moldova. We welcome the competitive and pluralistic environment in this country and hope that the political forces will act responsibly to establish partnerships and take Moldova out of the political crisis,” said Tonino Picula, the head of the OSCE short-term observation mission and of the delegation of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. “For us, these elections mean that Moldova is perceived as being a leader in the EU’s Eastern Partnership,” said Monica Macovei, the head of the European Parliament’s delegation. “The delegation of the European Parliament oversaw really democratic elections and saw an evident improvement of the electoral process.” According to the preliminary report, there were identified a series of procedural errors. The European observers said the quality of the electoral rolls is a weak point. Cases of threatening and intimidating the voters were recorded in a number of poling places. “Effort should be made to gain the political parties’ support for the overdue reform of the electoral framework,” said Peter Eicher, the head of the ODIHR election observation mission. The joint election observation mission set up in Chisinau on October 21 included 13 experts who worked in the capital city and 20 long-term observers who worked in other parts of Moldova. More than 400 international observers from 45 counties oversaw the November 28 early parliamentary elections. They were present in over 1,000 polling places.