The number of international observers who will oversee the November 30 parliamentary elections will be lower compared with the previous years, president of the Central Election Commission (CEC) Iurie Ciocan said in the program “Moldova live” on the public TV channel Moldova 1, IPN reports.

According to Iurie Ciocan, this is because Moldova’s electoral system gained credibility before the international organizations. “Electoral democracy appeared in our country. Moldova is one of the few countries in the ex-Soviet area where the power is replaced as a result of elections. After the proclamation of independence, we witness no case of substitution of the power by violence,” stated the president of the CEC.

He also said that the CEC already sent invitations to such international organizations as the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the CIS, asking delegating observers to supervise this autumn’s parliamentary elections. They expect that about 200 international observers will oversee the elections in Moldova this year, as against approximately 2,000 the previous years.

Expert of the public association “Promo-LEX” Nicolae Panfil said they will have 2,500 observers at the legislative elections. “We will do our utmost for the elections to be democratic and fair,” he stated.