Yedinaya Gaguzia Movement warns on protests
The social movement “Yedinaya Gagauzia” warns it is likely to unfold protests in case of invalidating the elections in the constituencies where its supporters were elected as local parliamentarians, Info-Prim Neo reports.
A communiqué issued by Yedinaya Gagauzia’s executive committee reads that the representatives of the central authorities largely used administrative resources in the elections in the autonomous area. Especially in the runoff, on March 30, employees of the law-enforcement organs interfered into the ballot and exerted pressures on voters.
The movement’s representatives maintain they hold information on the further use of administrative resources, the pressure being now exerted on the newly elected parliamentarians who support the movement. In case the latter ones don’t give in, pressure is exerted on courts to invalidate the elections in their constituencies.
The social movement “Yedinaya Gagauzia” states that, in case pressures are exerted on courts not to recognize the mandate of the legally elected MPs, “supporters of our movement reserve the right to organize protest meetings and to take adequate measures to defend democracy, the citizens’ rights and freedoms.”
Yedinaya Gagauzia requests the representatives of the OSCE and of diplomatic missions accredited to Moldova to support the validation of the results of the runoff for the local People’s Assembly.