Central electoral authority postpones examining PDM’s and PL’s challenges

The war of challenges submitted by election contenders to the Central Election Commission (CEC) goes on. On November 4, the Commission postponed again taking a decision as regards the challenges filed by the Democratic Party and the Liberal Party against the Communists Party’s advertisement that, according to the two parties, distort the image of the leaders of the PDM and PL, Info-Prim Neo reports. On November 3, the CEC postponed examining the challenges at the request of the PCRM, which asked for time to present evidence. In the November 4 meeting, a decision was not taken as only four members of the Commission voted in favor of banning the Communists Party’s advertisement. One member abstained, while two members voted against. At least five votes in favor are needed for taking a decision. Representatives of the PDM and PL lodged challenges with the CEC, demanding withdrawing the PCRM’ advertisement that is based of passages from an interview given by the Democrat leader Marian Lupu and mixed passages taken out of context, as it breaks the electoral legislation. For his part, the PCRM’s representative to the CEC said the pictures were downloaded from the websites of several open media outlets.