{"id":445323,"date":"2018-02-17T14:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=445323"},"modified":"2018-02-17T14:00:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T14:00:30","slug":"action-solidarity-party-submits-complaint-moldova-constitutional-court-uninominal-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/action-solidarity-party-submits-complaint-moldova-constitutional-court-uninominal-districts\/","title":{"rendered":"Action and Solidarity Party submits complaint to Moldova Constitutional Court on uninominal districts"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

16 February 2018- The Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), with the help of MP Grigore Cobzac, submitted a complaint<\/a> to Moldova’s Constitutional Court on the non-constitutionality of Government’s decision on the uninominal electoral circumscriptions (Decision Nr. 970\/2017 from 15.11.2017).<\/p>\n

According to PAS, the decision violates several articles of the Electoral Code and the 239th law from 2008 on the transparency in decision-making. PAS thinks that the formed uninominal districts violated the limits of 55-60 thousand voters per one district. Only 10 districts, all situated in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, follow the rule. In addition, the maximum deviation of 10% in voting population was violated in some cases.<\/p>\n

The party led by Maia Sandu also found a violation at the formation of the circumscriptions for the voters living abroad- the districts were simply approved by the commission members.<\/p>\n

In addition, 9 Chi\u0219in\u0103u districts were formed in the 5 official quarters by dividing them contrary to a condition of non-division of 1st level administrative units.<\/p>\n

Putting localities from different (at least 2) administrative districts was exceedingly used as an exception, contrary to the general rule of keeping localities within the same administrative borders.<\/p>\n

In regard to the transparency, PAS is accusing the Government of adopting the format of the uninominal districts without organizing consultations or hearings with the civil society.<\/p>\n

PAS asks the Constitutional Court to examine the non-constitutionality of the uninominal circumscriptions because of its violation of the “rule of law” principles, written in the 3rd paragraph of the 1st article of Moldova’s Constitution.<\/p>\n

According to the new electoral system, 51 MPs would be elected from electoral districts and 50 from party lists. The current edition of the electoral law also stipulates that the electoral districts would be formed by a special Government commission, composed of civil society and political parties\u2019 representatives, as well as representatives of ethnic minorities and expert bodies. The shape of the electoral districts would be published one year before the elections. Voters from Transnistria and from abroad would be represented on the geographical basis, besides their electoral \u201cweight\u201d. 7 electoral debates have been organized to debate the draft on the mixed electoral system, but a large part of the civil society and all opposition parties refused to participate and had little involvement stating that the new system does not address the real problems of the electoral process. The Venice Commission\u00a0strongly advised<\/a>\u00a0the Moldovan authorities not to implement the mixed electoral system at the current moment. The\u00a0European Union<\/a>\u00a0and the United States\u00a0were disappointed<\/a>\u00a0by Moldova Parliament\u2019s decision to disregard Venice Commission, ODIHR recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>16 February 2018- The Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), with the help of MP Grigore Cobzac, submitted a complaint to Moldova’s Constitutional Court on the non-constitutionality of Government’s decision on the uninominal electoral circumscriptions (Decision Nr. 970\/2017 from 15.11.2017). According to PAS, the decision violates several articles of the Electoral Code and the 239th law […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":444900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-445323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-important"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

16 February 2018- The Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), with the help of MP Grigore Cobzac, submitted a complaint<\/a> to Moldova’s Constitutional Court on the non-constitutionality of Government’s decision on the uninominal electoral circumscriptions (Decision Nr. 970\/2017 from 15.11.2017).<\/p>\n

According to PAS, the decision violates several articles of the Electoral Code and the 239th law from 2008 on the transparency in decision-making. PAS thinks that the formed uninominal districts violated the limits of 55-60 thousand voters per one district. Only 10 districts, all situated in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, follow the rule. In addition, the maximum deviation of 10% in voting population was violated in some cases.<\/p>\n

The party led by Maia Sandu also found a violation at the formation of the circumscriptions for the voters living abroad- the districts were simply approved by the commission members.<\/p>\n

In addition, 9 Chi\u0219in\u0103u districts were formed in the 5 official quarters by dividing them contrary to a condition of non-division of 1st level administrative units.<\/p>\n

Putting localities from different (at least 2) administrative districts was exceedingly used as an exception, contrary to the general rule of keeping localities within the same administrative borders.<\/p>\n

In regard to the transparency, PAS is accusing the Government of adopting the format of the uninominal districts without organizing consultations or hearings with the civil society.<\/p>\n

PAS asks the Constitutional Court to examine the non-constitutionality of the uninominal circumscriptions because of its violation of the “rule of law” principles, written in the 3rd paragraph of the 1st article of Moldova’s Constitution.<\/p>\n

According to the new electoral system, 51 MPs would be elected from electoral districts and 50 from party lists. The current edition of the electoral law also stipulates that the electoral districts would be formed by a special Government commission, composed of civil society and political parties\u2019 representatives, as well as representatives of ethnic minorities and expert bodies. The shape of the electoral districts would be published one year before the elections. Voters from Transnistria and from abroad would be represented on the geographical basis, besides their electoral \u201cweight\u201d. 7 electoral debates have been organized to debate the draft on the mixed electoral system, but a large part of the civil society and all opposition parties refused to participate and had little involvement stating that the new system does not address the real problems of the electoral process. The Venice Commission\u00a0strongly advised<\/a>\u00a0the Moldovan authorities not to implement the mixed electoral system at the current moment. The\u00a0European Union<\/a>\u00a0and the United States\u00a0were disappointed<\/a>\u00a0by Moldova Parliament\u2019s decision to disregard Venice Commission, ODIHR recommendations.<\/p>\n

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