The Party of Socialists on January 19 will file a challenge to the Constitutional Court (CC) over the Government’s decision to establish 125 polling places abroad, stated Socialist MP Vlad Batrîncea. In the talk show “Friday with Anatolie Golea”, he said this decision should be reviewed or the election outcome will be called into question, IPN reports.
The MP noted this decision will also be challenged in such European bodies as the OSCE and the Council of Europe. “We need these elections to be legitimate and maximally objective and consider that this decision should be reviewed,” said Vlad Batrîncea.
Vice president of the Democratic Party Vladimir Cebotari said the number of polling places at the upcoming parliamentary elections will be by almost 28% higher than at the previous elections. Furthermore, the number of ballots intended for one polling place abroad was raised from 3,000 to 5,000. As many as 285,000 ballots were allocated for the diaspora at the previous elections, but now the figure will stand at 625,000. “Let’s compare this figure, including with the number of our citizens abroad who registered beforehand with the CEC,” stated the Democrat.
According to him, the Republic of Moldova is among the states that are most open to the diaspora in electoral processes.
The Government decided that 125 polling places will be established abroad for the parliamentary elections of February 24, 2019. The largest number of polling places will be opened in Italy (29), Romania and the U.S (by 12), the Russian Federation (11), France (seven), Portugal and Spain (by five). Four polling places will be established in the UK, by three in Ukraine, Canada and Turkey and by two in Israel, Belgium, Czech Republic, Belarus, Ireland, and Germany. By one polling place will be set up in Greece, China, Azerbaijan, Poland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Qatar, Japan, Croatia, Georgia, the United Arab Emirates, and Norway.
The Party of Socialists expresses its profound indignation at the Government’s decision to establish only 11 polling places for the upcoming parliamentary elections on the territory of the Russian Federation. According to the PSRM, only at most 10% of the Moldovans in Russia will be able to vote at the 11 polling places.
