Ex-ambassador Iurie Reniță, who runs in the upcoming parliamentary elections on behalf of the bloc ACUM DA PAS, said the presence of international institutions in the election observation process is a necessity. According to him, the embassies of the partner states should also become involved in the process, IPN reports.
“Besides the presence of international institutions, I think the embassies of the European Union, our traditional partners like the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands - the partners that supported us permanently - should also be more actively present,” the former ambassador stated in the talk show “Expertise hour” on Jurnal TV channel.
Vlad Kulminski, executive director of the Institute for Strategic Initiatives, said the government created all the conditions to win the upcoming elections in any situation. The recognition or non-recognition of these elections by the international partners and observation missions is now the only problem faced by the Moldovan government. “That report by Promo-LEX (e.n. the most recent report that was criticized by CEC member Iurie Ciocan) points to those departures or violations that were already committed and there were many such cases, about 300, including of offering of presents in the electoral period,” stated Vlad Kulminski. According to him, the government aims to restrict the presentation of such reports that reveal violations that can lead to the non-recognition of elections by the international partners.
A member of Moldova’s first Parliament Vasile Șoimaru said departures were witnessed earlier too and the opinions of prestigious European institutions concerning the adoption of electoral legislation were also neglected, including the Venice Commission’s recommendations. “There is something else here – the fear of what will follow,” he noted.
Former judge Domnica Manole, who runs in the parliamentary elections on behalf of the bloc ACUM DA PAS, said the report presented recently by Promo-LEX contains a very long list of irregularities identified in the electoral process, but the Central Election Commission didn’t react to these facts that were confirmed. “The CEC should notify the Prosecutor General’s Office that should investigate these cases and decide to take legal action over offering of goods for persuading the people vote one party or another,” stated Domnica Manole.
In a meeting of the CEC earlier, Iurie Ciocan said the monitoring reports compiled by Promo-LEX represent interference in the electoral process and inappropriate influencing of voters and the election organization environment in general.
The second monitoring report presented by the observation mission of Promo-LEX on January 10 points to increased activism among already registered electoral competitors or potential competitors before the parliamentary elections held based on the mixed electoral system. In the monitored period, December 10 – January 8, there were staged about 280 events, approximately 100 of which can be described as offering of presents in the electoral period.
