Socialist MPs on January 22 challenged in the Constitutional Court the January 18 Government decision on the establishment of polling places for the parliamentary elections of February 24, 2019.
MP Vlad Batrîncea said that by such a decision, the Government allowed excluding hundreds of thousands of Moldovans who live and work in Russia from the constitutional process. This is a serious case of constitutional discrimination against Moldovans who were derived of the possibility of voting.
The MP said about 100 polling places will be established in Europe and the United States, with approximately half a million ballots that cover almost all the voters there. Only 11 polling places will be opened in Russia, for only 10% of the Moldovans in this country.
MP Adrian Lebedinski noted the Government consults embassies before opening polling places. But the Moldovan authorities ignored the recommendations of Moldova’s Embassy in Russia. “At least 30-40 polling places should be established on the territory of the Russian Federation,” stated Adrian Lebedinski.
