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In its today’s meeting the Central Election Commission (CEC) has taken note of electoral candidates’ reports on revenues and expenditures made during the campaign. In this context, the CEC will ask the State Tax Inspectorate of the Ministry of Finance to verify the origin of donations exceeding the amount of 75 000 Lei, received by political parties.

The Commission also issued a warning to the independent candidate Maia Laguta, due to the fact that the candidate has not informed the CEC about her not opening a dedicated bank account “Electoral Fund”. The candidate has been summoned to inform the Commission within 24 hours, about the fact that she will not open a dedicated “Electoral Fund” bank account and will not incur expenses during the campaign or, if appropriate, submit a report on revenues and expenditures in this campaign.

Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) welcomes the decision of the Party “Platform Dignity and Truth” (PDA) and Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) to appoint a single candidate for the presidential elections of October 30, 2016. The press release disseminated by PLR states that “Liberal Reformist Party highly praises Andrei Nastase’s gesture to withdraw from the race in favor of Action and Solidarity Party candidate. In the same time, the Liberal Reformist Party states their support for Maia Sandu, as the sole candidate of the pro-European antioligarhic forces at the October 30, presidential elections”.

Presidential candidate Igor Dodon publicly presented the last chapter of his electoral platform “Friendship relations with Russia. Protection of orthodoxy”. Igor Dodon stressed that his goals are reopening of the Russian market for Moldovan products, solving the problems of migrants, keeping faith and traditional values. The Socialist Party points out that Igor Dodon’s electoral platform comprises three key elements: 1) Statehood, Neutrality. Moldovan identity; 2) Strong Economy. Social justice; 3) Relations of friendship with Russia. Protecting Orthodoxy.

During its today’s session the Central Election Commission (CEC) has accredited two electoral experts from the CEC of Azerbaijan, two electoral experts from the CEC of Armenia, an international observer from the Canadian Embassy in Moldova residing in Bucharest, 5 observers from the Russian Embassy in Moldova, 39 observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, 2 observers from the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB), and 2 electoral experts from Turkey’s Supreme Election Board. At the same time, the CEC accredited 136 national observers from the “Promo-LEX”, 21 observers to polling stations outside Moldova and 2 national observers from the Center for Legal Assistance for Persons with Disabilities. In the same time, two other election observation missions (SILBA and ENEMO) have made public their intent to monitor the presidential elections of October 30.

According to a press release from the Prosecutor General Office, the Criuleni Prosecutor Office has announced that five locals have been sentenced to pay fines of 10 thousand lei each for found guilty of bribing voters. During the investigation as well in court it was established that on June 27 and 28, 2015, in the second round of the general local elections, the defendants offered several villagers from Cimiseni, sums of money of 50 or 100 lei per person, and bottles of liquor. In return, the villagers were persuaded to vote for a particular candidate for Mayor of the village, which they did, with the mentioned candidate eventually winning the local elections in Cimiseni. The defendants have pleaded not-guilty. The court’s ruling can be appealed as provided by law.

PCRM leader Vladimir Voronin has sent a letter to the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, informing them about the state of things in Moldova and about the dangers facing the European integration idea in Moldova. PCRM party leader begins his letter with information on the number of supporters of European integration, that decreases every day in Moldova. “If in 2008 nearly 70% of Moldovan citizens were in favor of European integration, today, this figure decreased to 35%”, stated Voronin. According to him, one reason is that, since 2009, under the guise of European integration, Moldova was transformed into a captured state: “The so-called «success story» proved to be a facade for stealing billions of dollars from three Moldovan banks”. In this context, Vladimir Voronin mentioned that one of the executors of this “crime” is Iurie Leanca, which may have contributed to the worsening financial situation in the country. // realitatea.md