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The Chisinau municipal Electoral Constituency Council has awarded victory to PCRM, imposing AMN to withdraw from broadcasting an electoral advertising which would breach ethic norms and electoral legislation. AMN must withdraw all billboards similar to the advertising concerned. In its turn, AMN ignores the decision by the Chisinau municipal Electoral Constituency Council, keeping displaying on TV channels and information portals advertising which would defame competitors at elections. It says that the involvement of a local electoral constituency council in a problem related to electoral propaganda at national level is inadequate. (Sources: MOLDPRES agency and position of AMN)

An electoral candidate representing AMN, parliamentarian Vasile Pintea has slapped a PCRM-campaigning student who was posting electoral leaflets. The incident followed a failure to halt PCRM activists to display posters. PCRM representatives to CEC have plans to contest the actions of the AMN candidate for violation of the Election Code, and ask CEC and law enforcement bodies to combat such violations. (according to Omega Agency)

The Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM) keeps recalling to President Vladimir Voronin how many days are left till the end of the PCRM ruling. Voronin reacts via the Moscow-based newspaper Kommersant, assuring that his party will get a constitutional majority or at least an absolute majority at the April 5 elections.

The Democratic Party of Moldova continues the civic campaign “Tell What You Deserve!” aimed to collect wishes of Moldovan electors. The party has plans to publish a booklet about voters’ wishes and implement them in the event it gets to governance.

Interviewed by the Novyi Region portal, PDM chairman Dumitru Diacov has called known Russian journalists Vladimir Soloviov and Alexei Venediktov “political gasterbeiters” for providing media services to the PCRM and its leader Vladimir Voronin. As the Russian broadcasting dominates the Moldovan media space, services of Russian “gasterbeiters” who interview Vladimir Voronin or give lessons of political PR “master class” to Moldovan journalists enrolled in the pro-PCRM press should be very expensive and it is almost impossible to control expenses but they may be estimated.

The European Action Movement (MAE) has introduced its electoral programme, list of candidates to the Parliament, governmental team MAE-PNL-PNR, in Cahul. The 800-seat Cultural Hall was overcrowded and the event brought together MAE supporters from the southern area of the republic, Cimislia, Leova, Cahul, Cantemir, ATU Gagauzia and other administrative territorial units. MAE chairman Anatol Petrencu stated that “the party has two key objectives — to root out corruption, which extended from centre to each locality… It will be decided on April 5 if Moldova will be ruled in continuation by politicians who bulk the money in their pockets or will support honest politicians to represent common people, resolve their problems, if we keep voting the poverty or call for Moldova’s prosperity.” MAE together with other parties, PNL and PNR, claims to be ready to stop corruption and bring welfare in Moldova.

A supporter of the Christian Democratic People’s Party (PPCD) has published an article “Coalition 2009 omits electoral offences by some ‘opposition contestants’” in Flux newspaper. The writer was indignant that reports by the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections Coalition 2009 do not cover remarks by PPCD supporters regarding breaches committed by opposition parties; statements by some candidates concerning internal problems of their parties. As well, the writer was revolted that the reports do not reveal the dark past of some candidates from lists of opposition parties, since the Coalition pledged to promote a clean Parliament. Sources within the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections said that the writer concerned has mixed up many things. Firstly, the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections reports just actions observed and checked by its observers, consulting some sources which confirm the conclusions. Secondly, the demand to organise parliamentary hearings was linked to the concern with image of the legislature. It is very serious when people learn in full electoral campaign that there are criminals or liars among those elected by people. In this respect, it is worth noting that the Parliament has established special commissions to investigate less shocking cases such as checking estates of some legislators and their origins. Thirdly, the writer mixed up the activity of the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections and other coalitions. There are about five coalitions besides the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections but they have nothing in common — the Coalition for a Clean Parliament, the Civic Control — Elections 2009 Coalition, the Coalition 2009, and the Congress of Moldovan Civil Society.