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Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova: Socialists win 31%, pro-European alliance ACUM is second
Almost three million voters from the Republic of Moldova were called on Sunday to elect the new Parliament in Chisinau during a poll held simultaneously with a referendum on the cut of the number of deputies from 101 to 61.
Preliminary results after counting 97% of the minutes: PSRM – 31.47%; ACUM – 25.90% PD – 24.12%; SOR – 8.50%
A parliamentary coalition between the PSRM and the PD would, however, retain an absolute majority, digi24.ro reports.
In the opinion of analysts, Igor Dodon's socialists won less than they expected, while pro-Europeans from ACUM got an unexpected second place. The surprise is the Democratic party of oligarch Plahotniuc, suspected of defrauding votes to secure a score that would allow him to negotiate with Dodon for the sacking of the government and, in particular, to claim the post of prime minister.
The elections held in the Republic of Moldova were carried out overall "with the observance of the legal provisions and democratic standards," the Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) showed, evoking a preliminary assessment of the electoral process which took place on Sunday, while mentioning the necessity of maintaining "a European perspective" in the neighbor country.
The MAE underscored that "it's very important for the subsequent stages of the electoral process to be carried out responsibly in the next period, with the observance of democratic principles and standards necessary to insuring stability and maintaining the Republic of Moldova's European perspective."
For the first time in the history of the Republic of Moldova, Parliament was elected in the ballot voting system held on Sunday, based on the mixed electoral system, which implies that 50 deputies were selected in a national constituency, based on the lists of candidates and 51 deputies in uninominal constituencies, from independent candidates or those designated by the political parties.
In parallel with the parliamentary elections, a consultative republican referendum was held in the Republic of Moldova, where people were called to express their point of view regarding the reduction of the number of MPs, as well as in respect to the introduction of a way to withdraw the mandate of an MP.
The two questions written on the ballot paper for the referendum were the following: "Are you in favour of reducing the number of deputies in Parliament from 101 to 61? and "Are you in favour of people being able to dismiss deputies from office if they don't properly fulfill their duties?."