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Election News from March 23, 2015

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Preliminary results of the Bashkan of Gagauzia elections

The Central Electoral Commission for the Bashkan elections held a press conference on the results of the elections of the autonomy’s governor, which took place on 22 March. According to preliminary data, Gagauz voters chose as follows:  // CEC of Gagauzia

Results of partial elections for the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia

Village of Congaz:
Village of Gaidar:
Thus, in electoral district no. 22 of the village of Gaidar, Zinaida Popaz has been elected as a member of the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia, and in electoral district no. 28 of the village of Congaz, a second round of elections will take place on 5 April, because none of the three candidates obtained more than 50% of votes on 22 March. // CEC of Gagauzia

On the day of elections, the CEC of Gagauzia received 25 complaints

On the day of the Bashkan of Gagauzia elections, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) received 25 complaints. The majority of them were referred to law enforcement authorities. Their reaction is being expected. The announcement has been made by CEC Chairman Valentin Cara.

“We had very many complaints yesterday—25, to be exact. We examined these applications and complaints, and the majority of them were sent to us for notification, as they had been addressed to law enforcement authorities. We are expecting the law enforcement authorities’ conclusions concerning these applications,” Cara said. // gagauzmedia.md

Observers of the Interparliamentary Assembly of CIS Member States: Voting in Gagauzia was calm

Observers of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member States said that voting at the Bashkan elections was calm, and the electoral authorities worked in unison. On the day of elections, observers visited all three districts of Gagauzia-Comrat, Ceadir-Lunga, and Vulcanesti-where they were present during voting at 15 voting places. As part of the monitoring, observers met the chairpersons and members of district electoral bureaus and spoke with local observers and voters. // gagauzinfo.md

Irina Vlah has been congratulated for winning the Bashkan elections

Congratulatory letters were sent by current Bashkan Mihail Formuzal, People’s Assembly Chairman Dmitrii Constantinov, members of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, Supreme Council of Transnistria Chairman Mihail Burla, and representatives of public organizations. // gagauzinfo.md

Mihail Formuzal hopes that the procedure of confirmation of the new Bashkan will not be delayed

The Bashkan of Gagauzia said that the elections were generally successful. At the work meeting of the Executive Committee on 23 March, the autonomy’s governor commented on the election results and expressed his conviction that the candidates who lost them will take into consideration the huge gap in the number of votes in comparison with the winner and will not apply to justice authorities.

“The elections were generally successful, except for the incidents with the loss of ballots and voting of underage persons. The elections succeeded in the first round. According to preliminary results, Irina Vlah has positively won,” he said. // gagauz.md

Irina Vlah declared the main priorities of her work in the position of Bashkan

Irina Vlah, who won the elections of the Bashkan of Gagauzia, sees the strengthening of regional relations with subjects of the Russian Federation, constructive work with central authorities, and economic recovery of the autonomy among her priorities. The politician announced it at a press conference in Comrat.

Irina Vlah expressed her satisfaction with the fact that on 22 March Gagauz people voted “for peace and stability in the region, economic transformations, and creation of new enterprises and jobs.” // gagauzinfo.md

Nicolai Dudoglo and Serghei Cernev intend to challenge the results of the Bashkan elections

Candidates for Bashkan Nicolai Dudoglo and Serghei Cernev demand the recounting of votes. According to Nicolai Dudoglo, an application for that has already been sent to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) in Comrat, and there might have been not only violations in the counting of votes, but also bribery of voters.

“For every vote in Comrat, Ceadir-Lunga, and Vulcanesti, voters were given up to 500 lei. We believe that electoral commissions are likely to have been bribed, too. Our observers were not allowed to get close when the counting was being done. We suspect that there was falsification during the counting as well. We appealed to the CEC, requesting that the votes be recounted,” Dudoglo said. // tv7.md

Mihail Formuzal called Dudoglo’s request to recount the votes “a disgrace”

The request made by candidates for Bashkan Nicolai Dudoglo and Serghei Cernev will have them lose respect in the Gagauz society. Current Bashkan Mihail Formuzal said it to a correspondent of the Omega news agency.

“They can’t even lose with dignity. It is a disgrace to lose with such a gap, and then demand the recounting of votes. Dudoglo lets himself drop to the lowest of the low and deprives himself of the last respect he had in the Gagauz society. A person who received 120 votes but had presented signature sheets in his support for one and a half thousand persons is not worth speaking about,” Formuzal said, meaning Serghei Cernev, who obtained 0.19% of votes. // omg.md

Leonid Dobrov: The candidates who lost the elections should refrain from complaints to the CEC

All nine electoral contestants should accept the “convincing victory” of Irina Vlah, who obtained 51.01% of votes in the Bashkan elections on 22 March. Leonid Dobrov said it in his address to all former candidates for Bashkan.

According to him, the candidates who lost the elections should refrain from complaints to the Central Electoral Commission, because “violations were noticed on the part of many of the contenders for the position of Bashkan.”

Irina Vlah appealed to her opponents to work together for the good of the region

Irina Vlah, who won the Bashkan elections, thanked voters for their trust and appealed to her opponents to work together for the good of the region.

“I’d like to thank all those who believed in our team, came to the elections, and voted for us. I’d like to thank all of the autonomy’s residents, even those who voted for my opponents. During all four years that we will live and work in our region, Gagauzia will have stability and economic development,” Irina Vlah said.

Already next week the candidate that won the elections intends to “invite all opponents for a round table to discuss the issues and problems that exist in the region.” // gagauz.md

The end of the Bashkan elections was marked by a car rally

The end of the Bashkan elections was marked by a car rally in the autonomy’s cultural capital, the city of Ceadir-Lunga.

“The rally was initiated by the people of Ceadir-Lunga, who voted yesterday for former candidate and now Bashkan Irina Vlah. We are for friendship between Chisinau, Comrat, and Moscow, and we want to tell the entire global community-Gagauzia is ready for collaboration. We are for peace, prosperity, and mutual understanding,” said Ivan Stamov, one of the organizers of the rally. // gagauzinfo.md

Electoral expenditure of the candidates for Bashkan

The Central Electoral Commission of Gagauzia published the final report about the funds that candidates for Bashkan received during the electoral period.  // gagauzmedia.md