Presidential election to be monitored by 2,193 observers
11:03 | 27.10.2020 Category: Political
Chisinau, 27 October /MOLDPRES/- The elections for the position of President of the Republic of Moldova on 1 November 2020 will be monitored by 1,884 national observers and 309 international observers.
According to the press service of the Central Electoral Commission, 77 observers from non-governmental organizations and diplomatic missions and 156 observers submitted by electoral contestants were accredited for polling stations abroad.
For the polling stations across the country, constituency electoral councils approved at the request of candidates one national observer.
The CEC warns that the observers are not part of the lower electoral bodies, and their activity is not remunerated financially by the CEC, but by individuals who have requested their accreditation.
Current legislation sees that observers have the right to attend all electoral operations, all meetings of electoral bodies, including election day, without intervening in the electoral process or other electoral issues and inform head of the electoral body about the irregularities.
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