{"id":446766,"date":"2019-02-27T17:13:25","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T17:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=446766"},"modified":"2019-02-27T17:31:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T17:31:43","slug":"parliamentary-elections-republic-moldova-free-fair-conclusion-election-observation-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/parliamentary-elections-republic-moldova-free-fair-conclusion-election-observation-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Were the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova free and fair? The conclusion of election observation missions"},"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\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>Several national and international elections observation missions issued official statements and reports comprising preliminary findings and conclusions regarding the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova held on February 24<sup>th<\/sup>. Some of them raised a red flag, expressing their concerns about the way the election process was organised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The OSCE International Election Observation Mission<\/strong> of the parliamentary elections mentioned in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osce.org\/odihr\/elections\/moldova\/412346?download=true\">report<\/a> that \u201c<em>The 24 February 2019 parliamentary elections were competitive and fundamental rights were generally respected<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report stated that due to the control and ownership of the media by political actors, the range of viewpoints presented to voters was limited. In the same time, \u201cmost aspects of the elections were administered in a professional and transparent manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taking into consideration that these were the first elections held under the mixed electoral system and that a referendum was held on the same day, \u201cthe electoral bodies faced difficulties with reconciling result protocols\u201d and it also \u201ccaused confusion among some voters and commission members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even though the report highlighted that \u201cthe legal framework generally provided an adequate basis for conducting democratic elections,\u201d it also mentioned that the lack of transparency in the way some polling stations were allocated \u201ccontributed to the perception that the decision was made for political reasons.\u201d Here is important to add that several polling stations abroad were allocated in small cities of Italy or USA, for example, in contradiction to the Moldovan voters\u2019 preliminary registration for the elections.<\/p>\n<p>The OSCE report brought up the subject of media reflection of the electoral campaigning, saying that some national TV channels did not comply with the legal requirements to provide fair, balanced and impartial campaign coverage.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMain campaign messages focused on socio-economic issues, while geopolitical and foreign policy topics received less attention.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, the report noted the \u201clarge-scale bussing of voters from Transnistria and that police initiated an investigation into whether some of them were paid to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparency.md\/2019\/02\/26\/statement-of-transparency-international-moldova-on-monitoring-parliamentary-elections\/\">statement<\/a> of <strong>Transparency International \u2013 Moldova <\/strong>on monitoring parliamentary elections was less optimistic:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTransparency International \u2013 Moldova expresses its deep concern about the spread of political corruption in the Republic of Moldova and the superficiality with which some institutions have monitored the parliamentary elections of February 24, 2019.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The organisation noted that\u00a0\u201cthese elections took place <em>in conditions of state capture<\/em>, when most of the relevant public institutions demonstrated political fidelity to the ruling party, often neglecting legal rigor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The context mentioned by Transparency International \u2013 Moldova included money laundering; the legislative initiatives dedicated to legalizing money with fraudulent provenience (the citizenship by investment law and the law on capital liberalization and the fiscal amnesty); modifying the electoral system, despite the recommendations of the Venice Commission; issuing integrity certificates to compromised candidates; massive persecution of political opponents, local leaders, civic activists through law enforcement institutions and controlled media; mass transportation of voters from Transnistria and their compulsion to vote for a specific candidate for payment; launching populist projects involving enormous public resources by the parties in power; impeding the diaspora to vote using expired passports or contest this limitation of the right to vote, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections<\/strong> assessed the parliamentary elections of February 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 2019 <em>as incorrect and partially free.<\/em> The <a href=\"http:\/\/alegeliber.md\/declaratia-coalitiei-alegeri-libere-si-corecte-fata-de-alegerile-parlamentare-din-24-februarie-2019-2811.html\">assessment<\/a> was made based on the electoral system modification prior to the elections, use of the administrative resources in electoral campaigning, voters bribing, restriction of the voting rights of citizens from diaspora, lacunae and errors in the State Electoral Register and voter rolls, intimidation of national observers and attempts to compromise civic education campaigns, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Promo-LEX Observation Mission<\/strong> for the parliamentary elections of February 24, 2019 presented in a <a href=\"https:\/\/promolex.md\/14659-misiunea-de-observare-promo-lex-prezinta-ultimele-date-din-ziua-alegerilor-parlamentare-din-24-februarie-2019\/?lang=en\">press release<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">420 incidents<\/span> that occurred during the election day. The incidents included 8 cases of providing restricted access or obstruction of free observation in the polling station, 22 cases of violence or intimidation of voters, 22 cases of rumours, attempts, or even factual material or monetary rewards offered to voters in the perimeter and \/or near the polling station to influence the voters\u2019 choice, 38 cases of unjustified group voting, 24 cases of unjustified presence of unauthorized persons within the polling station, 18 cases of electoral campaigning or adverse campaigning at the entrance to\/in the polling station in order to influence the voters\u2019 choice, 39 cases of organised transportation of voters, 61 cases of deficiencies in electoral lists (address discrepancies, deceased voters, signatures in place of other people), 13 cases of deficiencies in the operation of the SIAS Elections System (suspension of operation, situations when SIAS Elections System indicates that the voter voted, and he claims not to), 50 cases of photographing of ballot papers or other violations of the secret voting, 4 cases of voting of a suspiciously large number of voters residing at one and the same address, and others.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: sputnik.md<\/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\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>Several national and international elections observation missions issued official statements and reports comprising preliminary findings and conclusions regarding the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova held on February 24th. Some of them raised a red flag, expressing their concerns about the way the election process was organised. The OSCE International Election Observation Mission of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":446767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,12,3,56],"tags":[100,35,27,238,124],"class_list":["post-446766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-en","category-opinion","category-politics","category-reportaje","tag-elections","tag-important","tag-moldova","tag-observation-mission","tag-report"],"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\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>Several national and international elections observation missions issued official statements and reports comprising preliminary findings and conclusions regarding the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova held on February 24<sup>th<\/sup>. Some of them raised a red flag, expressing their concerns about the way the election process was organised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The OSCE International Election Observation Mission<\/strong> of the parliamentary elections mentioned in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osce.org\/odihr\/elections\/moldova\/412346?download=true\">report<\/a> that \u201c<em>The 24 February 2019 parliamentary elections were competitive and fundamental rights were generally respected<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report stated that due to the control and ownership of the media by political actors, the range of viewpoints presented to voters was limited. In the same time, \u201cmost aspects of the elections were administered in a professional and transparent manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taking into consideration that these were the first elections held under the mixed electoral system and that a referendum was held on the same day, \u201cthe electoral bodies faced difficulties with reconciling result protocols\u201d and it also \u201ccaused confusion among some voters and commission members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even though the report highlighted that \u201cthe legal framework generally provided an adequate basis for conducting democratic elections,\u201d it also mentioned that the lack of transparency in the way some polling stations were allocated \u201ccontributed to the perception that the decision was made for political reasons.\u201d Here is important to add that several polling stations abroad were allocated in small cities of Italy or USA, for example, in contradiction to the Moldovan voters\u2019 preliminary registration for the elections.<\/p>\n<p>The OSCE report brought up the subject of media reflection of the electoral campaigning, saying that some national TV channels did not comply with the legal requirements to provide fair, balanced and impartial campaign coverage.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMain campaign messages focused on socio-economic issues, while geopolitical and foreign policy topics received less attention.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, the report noted the \u201clarge-scale bussing of voters from Transnistria and that police initiated an investigation into whether some of them were paid to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparency.md\/2019\/02\/26\/statement-of-transparency-international-moldova-on-monitoring-parliamentary-elections\/\">statement<\/a> of <strong>Transparency International \u2013 Moldova <\/strong>on monitoring parliamentary elections was less optimistic:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTransparency International \u2013 Moldova expresses its deep concern about the spread of political corruption in the Republic of Moldova and the superficiality with which some institutions have monitored the parliamentary elections of February 24, 2019.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The organisation noted that\u00a0\u201cthese elections took place <em>in conditions of state capture<\/em>, when most of the relevant public institutions demonstrated political fidelity to the ruling party, often neglecting legal rigor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The context mentioned by Transparency International \u2013 Moldova included money laundering; the legislative initiatives dedicated to legalizing money with fraudulent provenience (the citizenship by investment law and the law on capital liberalization and the fiscal amnesty); modifying the electoral system, despite the recommendations of the Venice Commission; issuing integrity certificates to compromised candidates; massive persecution of political opponents, local leaders, civic activists through law enforcement institutions and controlled media; mass transportation of voters from Transnistria and their compulsion to vote for a specific candidate for payment; launching populist projects involving enormous public resources by the parties in power; impeding the diaspora to vote using expired passports or contest this limitation of the right to vote, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections<\/strong> assessed the parliamentary elections of February 24<sup>th<\/sup>, 2019 <em>as incorrect and partially free.<\/em> The <a href=\"http:\/\/alegeliber.md\/declaratia-coalitiei-alegeri-libere-si-corecte-fata-de-alegerile-parlamentare-din-24-februarie-2019-2811.html\">assessment<\/a> was made based on the electoral system modification prior to the elections, use of the administrative resources in electoral campaigning, voters bribing, restriction of the voting rights of citizens from diaspora, lacunae and errors in the State Electoral Register and voter rolls, intimidation of national observers and attempts to compromise civic education campaigns, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Promo-LEX Observation Mission<\/strong> for the parliamentary elections of February 24, 2019 presented in a <a href=\"https:\/\/promolex.md\/14659-misiunea-de-observare-promo-lex-prezinta-ultimele-date-din-ziua-alegerilor-parlamentare-din-24-februarie-2019\/?lang=en\">press release<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">420 incidents<\/span> that occurred during the election day. The incidents included 8 cases of providing restricted access or obstruction of free observation in the polling station, 22 cases of violence or intimidation of voters, 22 cases of rumours, attempts, or even factual material or monetary rewards offered to voters in the perimeter and \/or near the polling station to influence the voters\u2019 choice, 38 cases of unjustified group voting, 24 cases of unjustified presence of unauthorized persons within the polling station, 18 cases of electoral campaigning or adverse campaigning at the entrance to\/in the polling station in order to influence the voters\u2019 choice, 39 cases of organised transportation of voters, 61 cases of deficiencies in electoral lists (address discrepancies, deceased voters, signatures in place of other people), 13 cases of deficiencies in the operation of the SIAS Elections System (suspension of operation, situations when SIAS Elections System indicates that the voter voted, and he claims not to), 50 cases of 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