{"id":5203,"date":"2020-09-22T16:54:26","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T13:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zdg.md\/en\/?p=5203"},"modified":"2020-09-22T16:55:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T13:55:10","slug":"meps-declares-irregularities-in-the-presidential-electoral-process-of-moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/meps-declares-irregularities-in-the-presidential-electoral-process-of-moldova\/","title":{"rendered":"MEPs Declare Irregularities in the Presidential Electoral Process of Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The President of the European Parliament Delegation to the EU-Moldova Committee, Siegfried Mure\u0219an, together with the President of the European Parliament Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Andrius Kubilius, and the Vice-President of Euronest, Andrzej Halicki made a public declaration about the current situation of the Moldovan presidential elections.&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>They note that they are following &#8220;how the recent changes adopted by the Socialists Party&nbsp;undermine the integrity of the electoral process before the 2020 presidential elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe are closely following how PSRM\u2019s recent changes undermine the integrity of the electoral process ahead of the presidential elections on 1 November 2020 and this is of great concern for us. President Dodon\u2019s party has no shame or scruples in bending and adapting any electoral rule only to serve another win to its candidate.<br>It is more worrying that the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), an institution whose sole role is to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections, is also playing by the PSRM\u2019s script. It is unacceptable that CEC is trying to change the campaign financing rules just a few weeks before the elections by banning the use of financial donations to political parties by the candidates of the same parties. This poses a significant danger to have free and fair competition between candidates and considerably undermines the chance for all the candidates to conduct a free and fair campaign.<br>We are seeing more electoral irregularities that endanger democratic presidential elections in Moldova. The reports of falsification of pre-registration applications for the opening of polling stations in the Russian Federation or the risk that the residents of the separatist region of Transnistria might be co-opted in vote-buying schemes are particularly worrisome.<br>With more than a month ahead of the presidential elections, CEC must abide by the rules and ensure parties\u2019 candidates&#8217; dates, not just for the governing elite, a free and fair election campaign. In cooperation with all international bodies, OSCE, the Council of Europe, and the European Union, we will closely monitor the integrity of Moldova\u2019s electoral campaign. 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