Electoral campaign for next autumn presidential polls to start in Moldova on 31 August

Chisinau, 29 July /MOLDPRES/ - The electoral period for the presidential polls due next autumn will start on 31 August. The parliament adopted a decision to this end, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) has reported.   

According to the CEC press service, the MPs amended a decision from 1 April, under which, at the phase of adoption, the ruling was entering into force starting from 30 July.  

The decision was taken in the context of the amendments made to the Electoral Code, which regulate the new conditions for organization and holding the presidential elections.  

Thus, CEC will soon develop and approve a calendar schedule, which represents a structured document and includes the actions that will be undertaken on the electoral period, as well as the terms of their fulfillment, proceeding from the competences of the main subjects involved in the electoral process.

On 4 March 2016, the Constitutional Court ruled to return to the direct election of Moldova’s president by universal, equal, direct, secret and freely expressed vote.

(Reporter P. Beregoi, editor L. Alcaza)