Eleven candidates for mayor general of the municipality of Chisinau went on Tuesday to submit the documents necessary for being registered as election contenders. As there were a number of applicants the same day, Chisinau District Electoral Council No. 1 held a draw and decided the preliminary order on the ballot, IPN reports.<\/p>\n
The list of candidates on the ballot is topped by Vasile Costiuc, of the Democracy at Home Party. He is followed by the representative of the Electoral Bloc \u201cRuslan Codreanu\u201d, ex-acting mayor of Chisinau Ruslan Codreanu.<\/p>\n
The third position will be occupied by the candidate of the Party \u201cWe Build Europe at Home\u201d Constantin Butucel, the fourth \u2013 by the former director of the Agency for Monument Inspection and Restoration Ion \u0218tef\u0103ni\u021b\u0103, who is supported by the Movement \u201cRespect Moldova\u201d – a party founded by ex-Democratic MP Eugeniu Nikiforchuk.<\/p>\n
The Party of Communists\u2019 candidate Diana Caraman extracted No. 5, while the Party of Action and Soldiery\u2019s candidate, MP Lilian Carp \u2013 No. 6.<\/p>\n
The seventh spot will be taken by ex-minister of economy and infrastructure Anatol Usatyi, who was put forward by the Party of Development and Consolidation of Moldova, the eighth spot \u2013 by the candidate of the European Social Democratic Party Vadim Br\u00eenzaniuc, the former head of Buiucani district.<\/p>\n
Mihail Bagas, of the Party \u201cLeague of Cities and Communes\u201d extracted No. 9, Ion Bulgac, of the Coalition for Unity and Wellbeing \u2013 No. 10, the Party of Socialists\u2019 candidate MP Adrian Albu \u2013 No. 11.<\/p>\n
The registration of candidates for the local general elections of November 5 started on Tuesday, September 19. In the upcoming elections, voters are to elect 898 mayors and 11,058 local councilors. The election campaign starts on October 6.<\/p>\n