International observers from Kyrgyzstan take part in monitoring of elections to Moldovan Parliament

Bishkek, Feb. 25, 2019. /Kabar/. International observers from Kyrgyzstan took part in monitoring the elections of deputies of the Moldovan Parliament, which took place on February 24.

The press service of the Central Election Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic reported that deputies of the Jogorku Kenesh (Kyrgyz Parliament) Tursunbekov, Sabirov, Turusbekov, as well as representatives of the Central Election Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic joined the missions of international observers of the CIS and the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS.

Under the mission program, on February 23, a meeting was held with Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova Andrian Candu, and on election day – observation of the voting process in district councils and electoral stations in Chisinau.

On February 24, 2019 in the Republic of Moldova the tenth election to the highest legislative body (Parliament) of the country will be held.

The right to elect deputies have 3.26 million citizens of the republic who have reached 18 years of age. At the same time, 2.84 million people are distributed across constituencies. This number does not include residents of Transnistria who have the right to vote (230 thousand people), as well as citizens without permanent registration, including those who officially emigrated (210 thousand people).

In Moldova and abroad, 2,143 electoral stations worked, of which 47 in the territory of the Transnistrian region, and 125 – abroad. Most of the electoral stations were in Italy – 29, 12 were opened in Romania, the same number – in the USA. In Russia, where there is the largest Moldovan diaspora, 11 electoral stations worked - two electoral stations were opened in Moscow and St. Petersburg ech, and one in Krasnoyarsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Sochi, Kursk, Tula, Novosibirsk and Kaliningrad each.

The parliamentary elections in Moldova were held in accordance with the new mixed system, providing for the election of 50 deputies on party lists, and the remaining 51 in single-member constituencies.

According to the CEC of Moldova, 15 political parties took part in the election race, 319 candidates were registered for single-member constituencies, of which more than 50 are independent, and the rest represent a political party. In total, about 1,000 people are fighting for the seats of people's representatives.