{"id":444094,"date":"2017-07-15T10:41:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T10:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=444094"},"modified":"2017-07-15T10:41:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T10:41:11","slug":"moldova-central-electoral-commission-starts-preparation-dodons-consultative-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/moldova-central-electoral-commission-starts-preparation-dodons-consultative-referendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldova Central Electoral Commission starts preparation for Dodon’s consultative referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

Central Electoral Commission of Moldova is already preparing for the consultative referendum on 4 topics announced by the President Igor Dodon for 24 September 2017. According to Timpul.md<\/a>, the budget of the referendum would be 74 711 280 lei.<\/p>\n

The Commission also announced<\/a> the start for registration of voters living abroad- Moldovans can register to vote abroad via an online platform<\/a>\u00a0until August 9th. As a consequence, these voters would be erased from the voting list back in Moldova. The Government will consequently decide the number of voting centers abroad depending on the number of pre-registered voters.<\/p>\n

On March 28th, Igor Dodon\u00a0came up<\/a>\u00a0with an idea of a consultative referendum on issues of “national importance”. The national referendum planned for 24 September 2017 will have four topics of debate:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cDo you support cancelling the\u00a0Law of the Billion?<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cDo you support giving to the President of Moldova additional rights to dissolve the Parliament and (call for) preliminary Parliamentary elections?\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. \u201cDo you support reducing the number of deputies from 101 to 71?\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cDo you support the studying of \u201cHistory of Moldova\u201d in education institutions?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The initiative is seen by analysts as a tool to increase the powers of the President in the Parliamentary Republic, but also as pre-condition for increasing the popularity of the Socialists’ Party before the 2018 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>Central Electoral Commission of Moldova is already preparing for the consultative referendum on 4 topics announced by the President Igor Dodon for 24 September 2017. According to Timpul.md, the budget of the referendum would be 74 711 280 lei. The Commission also announced the start for registration of voters living abroad- Moldovans can register to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":442647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

    Central Electoral Commission of Moldova is already preparing for the consultative referendum on 4 topics announced by the President Igor Dodon for 24 September 2017. According to Timpul.md<\/a>, the budget of the referendum would be 74 711 280 lei.<\/p>\n

    The Commission also announced<\/a> the start for registration of voters living abroad- Moldovans can register to vote abroad via an online platform<\/a>\u00a0until August 9th. As a consequence, these voters would be erased from the voting list back in Moldova. The Government will consequently decide the number of voting centers abroad depending on the number of pre-registered voters.<\/p>\n

    On March 28th, Igor Dodon\u00a0came up<\/a>\u00a0with an idea of a consultative referendum on issues of “national importance”. The national referendum planned for 24 September 2017 will have four topics of debate:<\/p>\n

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    1. \u201cDo you support cancelling the\u00a0Law of the Billion?<\/a>\u201c<\/li>\n
    2. \u201cDo you support giving to the President of Moldova additional rights to dissolve the Parliament and (call for) preliminary Parliamentary elections?\u201d<\/li>\n
    3. \u201cDo you support reducing the number of deputies from 101 to 71?\u201d<\/li>\n
    4. \u201cDo you support the studying of \u201cHistory of Moldova\u201d in education institutions?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The initiative is seen by analysts as a tool to increase the powers of the President in the Parliamentary Republic, but also as pre-condition for increasing the popularity of the Socialists’ Party before the 2018 elections.<\/p>\n

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