Snap polls, if they take place, to be held under mixed or proportional voting system

12:11 | 07.05.2020 Category: Political

Chisinau, 7 May /MOLDPRES/- The Constitutional Court decided at a today’s meeting that the parliament is the body that determines at the will of a majority the system under which the parliamentary elections are conducted. Thus, for the conduct of legislative elections under new electoral system should pass at least one year from the publication of the parliamentary decision in the Official Journal of Moldova.

The Constitutional Court today ruled on the notification No180b / 2019 made by MPs Sergiu Litvinenco, Alexandru Slusari and Vasile Bolea, who asked "On which electoral system will snap polls take place if they take place?"

According to the answer given by the constitutional judges, the elections until 17 August 2020 can take place on the basis of the mixed system, and after 17 August 2020 they will be held under the proportional system.

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