{"id":97420,"date":"2005-03-07T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-07T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2005\/03\/07\/communists-lead-in-moldova-vote-but-lose-ground-904-eng\/"},"modified":"2005-03-07T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2005-03-07T18:45:00","slug":"communists-lead-in-moldova-vote-but-lose-ground-904-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/communists-lead-in-moldova-vote-but-lose-ground-904-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMUNISTS LEAD IN MOLDOVA VOTE, BUT LOSE GROUND…"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

COMMUNISTS LEAD IN MOLDOVA VOTE, BUT LOSE GROUND… With all the votes counted, the governing pro-Western Party of Moldovan Communists (PCM) won a parliamentary majority, although it fell short of securing enough seats in parliament to reelect President Vladimir Voronin, international news agencies reported on 7 March. The PCM won 46.1 percent of the vote, down from the 50 percent they won in 2001. The Democratic Moldova Bloc (BMD), which seeks closer ties with Russia, won approximately 28.4 percent. The center-right Popular Party Christian Democratic (PPCD), which favors closer relations with Romania, won nearly 9.07 percent of the vote. Twelve other parties failed to clear the 6 percent threshold necessary to win seats in parliament. The PCM are projected to win 55 or 56 seats in the 101-seat parliament, enough to form a government but five seats shy of the 61 necessary to reelect Voronin president. The legislature has 45 days to elect a president. If it fails, new parliamentary elections must be held. Turnout in the election was 65 percent of Moldova’s 2.3 million voters. BW <\/p>\n

…AS OPPOSITION PARTIES VOW TO BLOCK PRESIDENT’S RE-ELECTION… Both the BMD and the PPCD have vowed to block Voronin’s re-election as president, international news agencies reported on 7 March. BMD leader Serafim Urechean told the Infotag news agency he is considering an alliance with the PPCD, Reuters reported the same day. He said his bloc will be guided by "the people’s interests rather than by group or personal interests." BMD is expected to secure 34 or 35 seats in parliament and the PPCD are expected to take 10 or 11 mandates. Urechean and PPCD leader Iurie Rosca said on 7 March that their parties will boycott the presidential vote in parliament in an effort to force early elections, AP reported. The PCM were hoping to lure defectors from BMD in an effort to reelect Voronin, AP reported. BW <\/p>\n

…AND ELECTION COMMISSION SAYS VOTE WAS FAIR AND VALID. The secretary of Moldova’s Central Election Commission said the results of the national election were valid and free of irregularities, Reuters reported on 7 March. "As far as we know, there were no serious irregularities which could have affected the outcome. Most complaints were about voting procedures," Valentin Vizant said. "The elections were valid. They were conducted in a democratic and transparent fashion." The Social Democrats, who failed to reach the 6 percent threshold, accused the ruling PCM of fraud shortly after an exit poll was published on 6 March showing the ruling party leading but falling shy of a majority. "Having failed to achieve the required results with the help of state funds, the Communists have started open falsification of the results," the party said in a statement quoted by Reuters on 7 March. The exit poll gave the Communists 40 percent, Democratic Moldova 29 percent, and the Christian Democrats 14 percent. BW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>COMMUNISTS LEAD IN MOLDOVA VOTE, BUT LOSE GROUND… With all the votes counted, the governing pro-Western Party of Moldovan Communists (PCM) won a parliamentary majority, although it fell short of securing enough seats in parliament to reelect President Vladimir Voronin, international news agencies reported on 7 March. The PCM won 46.1 percent of the vote, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

COMMUNISTS LEAD IN MOLDOVA VOTE, BUT LOSE GROUND… With all the votes counted, the governing pro-Western Party of Moldovan Communists (PCM) won a parliamentary majority, although it fell short of securing enough seats in parliament to reelect President Vladimir Voronin, international news agencies reported on 7 March. The PCM won 46.1 percent of the vote, down from the 50 percent they won in 2001. The Democratic Moldova Bloc (BMD), which seeks closer ties with Russia, won approximately 28.4 percent. The center-right Popular Party Christian Democratic (PPCD), which favors closer relations with Romania, won nearly 9.07 percent of the vote. Twelve other parties failed to clear the 6 percent threshold necessary to win seats in parliament. The PCM are projected to win 55 or 56 seats in the 101-seat parliament, enough to form a government but five seats shy of the 61 necessary to reelect Voronin president. The legislature has 45 days to elect a president. If it fails, new parliamentary elections must be held. Turnout in the election was 65 percent of Moldova’s 2.3 million voters. BW <\/p>\n

…AS OPPOSITION PARTIES VOW TO BLOCK PRESIDENT’S RE-ELECTION… Both the BMD and the PPCD have vowed to block Voronin’s re-election as president, international news agencies reported on 7 March. BMD leader Serafim Urechean told the Infotag news agency he is considering an alliance with the PPCD, Reuters reported the same day. He said his bloc will be guided by "the people’s interests rather than by group or personal interests." BMD is expected to secure 34 or 35 seats in parliament and the PPCD are expected to take 10 or 11 mandates. Urechean and PPCD leader Iurie Rosca said on 7 March that their parties will boycott the presidential vote in parliament in an effort to force early elections, AP reported. The PCM were hoping to lure defectors from BMD in an effort to reelect Voronin, AP reported. BW <\/p>\n

…AND ELECTION COMMISSION SAYS VOTE WAS FAIR AND VALID. The secretary of Moldova’s Central Election Commission said the results of the national election were valid and free of irregularities, Reuters reported on 7 March. "As far as we know, there were no serious irregularities which could have affected the outcome. Most complaints were about voting procedures," Valentin Vizant said. "The elections were valid. They were conducted in a democratic and transparent fashion." The Social Democrats, who failed to reach the 6 percent threshold, accused the ruling PCM of fraud shortly after an exit poll was published on 6 March showing the ruling party leading but falling shy of a majority. "Having failed to achieve the required results with the help of state funds, the Communists have started open falsification of the results," the party said in a statement quoted by Reuters on 7 March. The exit poll gave the Communists 40 percent, Democratic Moldova 29 percent, and the Christian Democrats 14 percent. BW<\/p>\n

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