A number of nongovernmental organizations demand that Parliament should set up a working group to amend the Election Code and related legislation. The NGOs issued an appeal saying last year’s presidential elections showed that the legislation needs to be reviewed in order to improve and democratize electoral procedures, IPN reports.
The signatories request Parliament to constitute the working group in February, to draft bills to amend the Election Code and related legislation in February-March, to publicly discuss the bills in April-May and to have these appraised by international organizations, namely the Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR, in May-July and to adopt the amendments in September-October.
The presidential election observation missions identified significant shortcomings in the election process, including ambiguous provisions concerning the registration of election runners, low credibility of the Broadcasting Coordination Council, deficiencies in monitoring the election campaign funding, drawbacks in managing the electoral process, problematic aspects in resolving electoral disputes, etc.
The signatories are: the Association “Promo-LEX”, East Europe Foundation, the Institute for European Politics and Reforms, the Journalistic Investigations Center, Terra 1530, the Legal Resources Center of Moldova, the Association for Participatory Democracy, the Students’ Alliance of Moldova, Transparency International – Moldova, the Women’s Association for the Environment Protection and Sustainable Development, the Association of Independent Press, the Institute for Public Policy, and the Foundation for Development of the Republic of Moldova.
