Separatists continue impeding elections, Promo-Lex

People living in the Transnistrian region see more and more obstacles in their way to vote in the ongoing Moldovan parliamentary poll, as numerous complaints of intimidation by the Transnistrian authorities keep coming by telephone to the association Promo-Lex, an organization that watches the electoral process in the breakaway region, Info-Prim Neo reports. “In Grigoriopol, some people heading for the polling station got their car impounded. The local police fenced themselves and refused to explain their reasons. Those people are very upset because they cannot travel to the station. Also, the people who have to vote in Cocieri are forced to travel by foot there. Whereas the younger ones can handle that, the elderly give up in anger and despair”, said Promo-Lex chairman Ion Manole. “Usually people aren't registered when they exit the region, but today there have been a lot of cases when people got registered in order to be intimidated and frightened” Manole also said many people refuse to vote, because if they would, their ID papers would be stamped to confirm that they voted. “At the same time, there is a polling station in Rezina where the stamp isn't applied, leaving room for fraud”, he added.