The Central Election Commission decided to increase the number of polling stations outside Moldova’s borders for the snap parliamentary elections of July 11 to 146, IPN reports.
The number of polling stations in Germany and the UK was increased by three in each of these countries, to nine and, respectively, to ten.
Two more polling places will be established in France, taking the total to ten, and one more station will be available in Italy’s Rimini, with the total number of polling stations for Moldovans in Italy rising to 31.
The polling station in Romania’s Oradea was excluded, while in Greece’s Athens there will be available only one station instead of two stations earlier, said CEC member Sergiu Gurduza, who presented the decision.
In the Russian Federation, the polling stations will be reorganized, but their number will remain the same - 17.
Eugeniu Revenco, secretary general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, said there is an imbalance as regards the 17 polling stations in Russia as these are located mainly in Moscow and Moscow Oblast. He suggested considering the possibility of opening by one more polling station in London, northern Italy and Paris.
CEC president Dorin Cimil snorted they decided to relocate particular stations and to add several more stations so as to break the deadlock and to ensure the citizen’s right to vote.
