{"id":444888,"date":"2017-11-20T13:05:19","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T13:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=444888"},"modified":"2017-11-20T13:05:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T13:05:19","slug":"referendum-dismiss-chisinau-mayor-dorin-chirtoaca-fails-due-low-turnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/referendum-dismiss-chisinau-mayor-dorin-chirtoaca-fails-due-low-turnout\/","title":{"rendered":"Referendum to dismiss Chi\u0219in\u0103u mayor Dorin Chirtoac\u0103 fails due to low turnout"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>The referendum for the dismissal of the Mayor of Chi\u0219in\u0103u, Dorin Chirtoac\u0103, failed because of low turnout: <a href=\"http:\/\/cec.md\/index.php?pag=news&amp;id=1042&amp;rid=21122&amp;l=ro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only 17,54%<\/a> (around 110 thousand people) out of the minimal 33,3% needed for the validation of the plebiscite. Promo-LEX, the main observing NGO, did not report major violations in the voting process but <a href=\"https:\/\/promolex.md\/10962-promo-lex-rezultatele-preliminare-a-numararii-paralele-a-voturilor-pentru-referendumul-de-revocare-a-primarului-de-chisinau\/?lang=ro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found errors<\/a>\u00a0in 8 voting reports within its parallel vote mission.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_444891\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-444891\" class=\"size-full wp-image-444891\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/m-254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/m-254.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/m-254-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/m-254-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/m-254-400x221.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-444891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Privesc.EU<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Central Electoral Commission of Moldova <a href=\"http:\/\/cec.md\/index.php?pag=news&amp;id=1042&amp;rid=21122&amp;l=ro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> that over 87% of Chi\u0219in\u0103u Municipality voters opted for the dismissal of current mayor Dorin Chirtoac\u0103, while 12,88% of the participants voted for Chirtoac\u0103 to stay.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_444892\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-444892\" class=\"size-full wp-image-444892\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/rsz_2017-11-19_23-47-46-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/rsz_2017-11-19_23-47-46-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/rsz_2017-11-19_23-47-46-1024x574-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/rsz_2017-11-19_23-47-46-1024x574-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/rsz_2017-11-19_23-47-46-1024x574-400x224.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-444892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Privesc.EU<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The subject of this referendum, Dorin Chirtoac\u0103 himself, stated in a press-conference that the low turnout showed the low public support to the idea of an\u00a0<em>illegal dismissal<\/em>, but also pointed out that the current interim mayor, Silvia Radu, has no legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p>The initiators of the referendum, the Socialists&#8217; Party, blamed the opposition leader and ex-Presidential candidate, Maia Sandu for encouraging the boycott of voting and <em>leaving the capital in the hands of Democrats<\/em>, presumably represented by the current interim mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Sandu declared that the failing referendum shows how isolated the Socialists&#8217; Party found itself in the campaign to dismiss Chirtoac\u0103 with the help of the justice controlled by the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/tv8.md\/2017\/11\/20\/doc-referendum-cati-bani-au-cheltuit-in-total-pl-si-psrm-pentru-scrutinul-esuat-din-19-noiembrie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tv8.md<\/a>, the referendum campaign cost Socialists some 2,1 million lei and the Liberals, which Chirtoac\u0103 is a deputy head of, approximately 402 thousand lei.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reminder:\u00a0<\/strong>Liberal Dorin Chirtoac\u0103 has been the mayor of Chi\u0219in\u0103u since 2007, now doing his third term in office.\u00a0Chirtoac\u0103 has been under house arrest since May 2017, being investigated for traffic influence\u00a0over the parking lot payroll. On July 28th, he was suspended from the position of mayor of Moldova\u2019s capital until a final decision of the court. At the beginning of September, after the proposal of the Socialists, the Chisinau Municipal Council approved the organization of a plebiscite for the dismissal of the mayor, which would take place on November 19th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>The referendum for the dismissal of the Mayor of Chi\u0219in\u0103u, Dorin Chirtoac\u0103, failed because of low turnout: only 17,54% (around 110 thousand people) out of the minimal 33,3% needed for the validation of the plebiscite. Promo-LEX, the main observing NGO, did not report major violations in the voting process but found errors\u00a0in 8 voting reports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":444893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-444888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-important"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>The referendum for the dismissal of the Mayor of Chi\u0219in\u0103u, Dorin Chirtoac\u0103, failed because of low turnout: <a href=\"http:\/\/cec.md\/index.php?pag=news&amp;id=1042&amp;rid=21122&amp;l=ro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only 17,54%<\/a> (around 110 thousand people) out of the minimal 33,3% needed for the validation of the plebiscite. Promo-LEX, the main observing NGO, did not report major violations in the voting process but <a href=\"https:\/\/promolex.md\/10962-promo-lex-rezultatele-preliminare-a-numararii-paralele-a-voturilor-pentru-referendumul-de-revocare-a-primarului-de-chisinau\/?lang=ro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found errors<\/a>\u00a0in 8 voting reports within its parallel vote mission.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_444891\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-444891\" class=\"size-full wp-image-444891\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/m-254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/m-254.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/m-254-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/m-254-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/m-254-400x221.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-444891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Privesc.EU<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Central Electoral Commission of Moldova <a href=\"http:\/\/cec.md\/index.php?pag=news&amp;id=1042&amp;rid=21122&amp;l=ro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> that over 87% of Chi\u0219in\u0103u Municipality voters opted for the dismissal of current mayor Dorin Chirtoac\u0103, while 12,88% of the participants voted for Chirtoac\u0103 to stay.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_444892\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-444892\" class=\"size-full wp-image-444892\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/rsz_2017-11-19_23-47-46-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/rsz_2017-11-19_23-47-46-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/rsz_2017-11-19_23-47-46-1024x574-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/rsz_2017-11-19_23-47-46-1024x574-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/rsz_2017-11-19_23-47-46-1024x574-400x224.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-444892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Privesc.EU<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The subject of this referendum, Dorin Chirtoac\u0103 himself, stated in a press-conference that the low turnout showed the low public support to the idea of an\u00a0<em>illegal dismissal<\/em>, but also pointed out that the current interim mayor, Silvia Radu, has no legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p>The initiators of the referendum, the Socialists&#8217; Party, blamed the opposition leader and ex-Presidential candidate, Maia Sandu for encouraging the boycott of voting and <em>leaving the capital in the hands of Democrats<\/em>, presumably represented by the current interim mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Sandu declared that the failing referendum shows how isolated the Socialists&#8217; Party found itself in the campaign to dismiss Chirtoac\u0103 with the help of the justice controlled by the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/tv8.md\/2017\/11\/20\/doc-referendum-cati-bani-au-cheltuit-in-total-pl-si-psrm-pentru-scrutinul-esuat-din-19-noiembrie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tv8.md<\/a>, the referendum campaign cost Socialists some 2,1 million lei and the Liberals, which Chirtoac\u0103 is a deputy head of, approximately 402 thousand lei.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reminder:\u00a0<\/strong>Liberal Dorin Chirtoac\u0103 has been the mayor of Chi\u0219in\u0103u since 2007, now doing his third term in office.\u00a0Chirtoac\u0103 has been under house arrest since May 2017, being investigated for traffic influence\u00a0over the parking lot payroll. On July 28th, he was suspended from the position of mayor of Moldova\u2019s capital until a final decision of the court. 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