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Central Electoral Commission (CEC) approved the Regulation on electoral coverage R for early parliamentary elections of November 28, 2010, which regulates the way of providing free and paid airtime for electoral advertising, organizing electoral debates and the principles of media coverage of electoral campaign by broadcasters, written press, by internet and mobile telephony. According to the CEC decision, the broadcasters that decide to get involved in the electoral campaign must file with the Broadcasting Coordination Council (BCC), until October 15, 2010, an statement on editorial policy for electoral campaign or to notify the BCC that they won’t get involved in campaign. The Regulation stipulates that application for airtimes / spaces in the newspapers shall be submitted to media outlets for the whole electoral campaign within 5 days after the competitor is registered at the CEC and these shall be made available to candidates within 48 hours since the filing and registration of request. The document approved by the CEC does not apply to periodicals and websites founded by political parties. (source: CEC)

At the meeting of October 8, 2010, the CEC:

• established 35 district electoral councils (districts, ATU Gagauzia and mun. Chisinau);
• approved the instruction regarding the packing, sealing and submitting the electoral documents and materials;
• accredited 105 national observers from the Public Association the Institute of Human Rights of Moldova (IDOM) and an electoral expert from the Central Electoral Commission of Latvia.

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will delegate an observer mission to monitor parliamentary elections of November 28, 2010. This information was rendered by Philip Remler, Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova, within his meeting with Vladimir Filat, Prime Minister of Moldova. Philip Remler expressed the hope that early parliamentary elections, the electoral campaign in particular will not impede the continuation of activities within the Transnistrian settlement process.

Following the declarations made by Valeriu Pasat, leader of the Humanist Party of Moldova (HPM) on the prohibition of billboard advertising, the Chisinau City Hall states that all owners of billboards in the city were notified about the need to comply with the linguistic legislation and grammatical rules on advertising images in the city, such notifications being a regular practice applied by local authorities. The City Hall finds that the advertising billboards of the political parties concerned have been installed contrary to the legislative provisions and without the approval of the competent bodies, the coordination with the National Centre for Terminology being made only after installation and they have remained unchanged despite the fact that it was specifically requested to change and correct the text on images. (source: Public Relations Directorate, Chisinau City Hall)

A statement signed by the Chairman of the European United Left Group (EUL) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) welcomes the decision of Moldovan authorities to hold early parliamentary elections on November 28, 2010 and expresses the hope that future elections will be free and fair. At the same time, it expresses some concerns regarding the free and fair nature of elections, it condemns the attempts to wave the parliamentary immunity of Moldovan Communists Party leader, who is also a member of Moldovan delegation to PACE and member of the EUL. The statement condemns the decision of Moldovan Parliament to amend the legislative provisions on the redistribution of seats and votes gained by competitors who have not crossed the threshold. The statement also warns that the elections in Moldova are of great importance for citizens of the country, its political operation and its position on the international stage, all those involved being called to ensure the free and fair nature of the upcoming elections. (source: statement signed by Tiny Kox, EUL PACE Chairman)