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The National Liberal Party, the “People’s List” Electoral Bloc, “Our Home — Moldova” Party, the Green Ecologist Party and the People’s Party of the Republic of Moldova received penalties in the form of warning for violation of article 38 (2) letter (c) and article 382 of the Electoral Code. According to the decision of the Central Electoral Commission, electoral contestants were required to present final financial reports or, if appropriate, inform about (non)opening of a bank account titled “Electoral fund” in the second round of elections, of June 28, 2015.

The Democratic Party of Moldova (PDM) requested votes to be recounted for the mayor of Topala village in Cimislia district, where repeated elections took place last Sunday. The party’s candidate in this locality needed one single vote more to win the elections in the first round. The PDM also filed an application to court to recount ballots in the town of Nisporeni and in the village of Visniovca in Cantemir district, where the difference of the votes gathered by candidates was 10 votes and one vote, accordingly. The party is to challenge in court the results of the second round in the town of Ialoveni, as well. // publika.md

Compared with the local elections of 2011 and with the parliamentary elections of 2014, the legal and regulatory framework governing the electoral process has improved, allowing the elections of June 14(28) to be free. At the same time, the use of administrative resources, electoral gifts and biased coverage of the electoral campaign show that the elections were only partially correct. This opinion is shared by the civil society organizations within the Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections. // IPN